The focus on Computer Science Education at the K-12 level has been increasingly highlighted due to today's need for a populace with computational thinking skills, in addition to the expansion of careers related to computing and computer science. Programming helps facilitate students' examination of the nature of a problem and helps students to…

This study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of using the Computer Assisted Repeated Reading (CARR) technique to enhance Form One rural students' oral reading fluency (ORF). The single subject experimental design (SSED) involved five students who participated in a 12-week study where CARR intervention was carried out twice a week.…

Providing people to acquire some skills and concepts, social studies lessons interact with various branches of science. One of them is citizenship education. When citizenship education is examined, it is seen that effective citizenship education comes to the forefront in present democracies. Concepts and issues such as respect for differences,…

The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable assessment and evaluation instrument to specify the efficacy of the students in technology and design courses. The assessment instrument was composed of an item pool, experts' views about the validity scope, pre-application, analysis of structure validity and reliability analysis steps.…

This study aims to investigate the anxiety levels of secondary school students towards science course depending on a number of variables. Research sample consists of 2245 students who continue their education at public schools in Denizli (west of Turkey) in the academic year of 2017-2018. "Anxiety Scale for Science Course and "Personal…

The results of the implementation of formative assessment into chemistry education at secondary school for the topic "Mixtures" are presented here. Students (12-14 years old, N=202) were divided into two groups--control (N=97) and experimental (N=105). Teachers of experimental group implemented formative assessment tools into ten lessons…

Empirical findings have repeatedly demonstrated that students' motivation decreases over the course of secondary education. This decline in learning motivation is one of the top challenges nowadays and is relevant for policy, as well as research and practice. Taking this educational challenge into account, the chapter targets the following…

This study was conducted to determine whether there were significant differences between students' reasoning abilities taught using the PBL model and with the Computer Multimedia Assisted GI, and to determine whether or not there was an influence of interaction between learning models and students' initial abilities on mathematical reasoning…

Scientific reasoning ability (SRA) is widely recognized as an essential goal for science education. There is much discussion on the design and development of assessment frameworks as viable tools to foster SRA. However, established assessments mostly focus on the level of students reasoning attainment. Student ability to use evidence to support…

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the conceptual understanding (The Unit of Force) levels of seventh-grade students with different cognitive styles with different measurement techniques and to observe how the conceptual understanding levels measured by different measurement techniques are affected by their cognitive styles. Research Method:…

In order to interpret students' attitudes about mathematics, Vesife Hatisaru asks: What do students find necessary or useful in learning mathematics? And what are the connections between their perceived needs for mathematics and their attitudes, views and feelings about mathematics? In this article, she provides evidence on these critical issues…

Peer tutoring in Mathematics has reported academic benefits across many educational levels, from Preschool to Higher Education. However, recent literature reviews and meta-analysis state that students experience higher gains in Primary or Elementary Education (ages 7-12 years) than in secondary education or middle school and high school (ages…

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the environmental education modular curriculum on secondary school students' academic achievements and on their conceptual understanding. In the study, the case study method was used. The research sample included a total of 23 7th grade students (12 male and 11 female) who were determined…

Tackling mental health difficulties in adolescents on the autism spectrum requires a comprehensive prevention approach. A 3-year multisite proof-of-concept longitudinal study implemented an evidence-based multilevel resilience intervention in schools to promote protective factors at the adolescent, parent, and school level. The intervention,…

Spatial ability has been shown the positive correlations with the mathematics achievement of typically developing children. However, whether there is a relationship between spatial ability and mathematics achievement in deaf children and the mechanisms that underlie the relationship remain unknown. 256 deaf children in Grades 3 to 9 in two special…