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Oguzhan Ozcan; Samih Bayrakceken; Ozlem Oktay; Nurtac Canpolat – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2024
This study aims to investigate the applicability and effectiveness of the peer instruction method on teaching the subject of acids and bases at the 12th-grade level. In addition, it aims to determine the effect of peer instruction on students' attitudes towards chemistry and in-class discussion, and to examine students' opinions regarding peer…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, High School Students, Grade 12
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Irwanto Irwanto; Ucu Cahyana; Ni Putu Sri Ayuni; Rudi Suhartono Wijayako – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2024
Students' attitudes towards Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) in developing countries such as Indonesia are rarely investigated despite the fact that digital games are being used in secondary education increasingly. This research aims to explore students' attitudes towards DGBL in chemistry. We used a quantitative study method using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Video Games
Mackenzie, Erin; Holmes, Kathryn; Berger, Nathan – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
In this study, we examined whether generalised mathematics anxiety, application of mathematics in science anxiety, and positive attitudes towards mathematics influenced adolescents' intentions to study biology, chemistry, and physics in Grades 11 and 12. Participants were 477 students in Grades 8-10 from two schools in Western Sydney. Girls…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students, Anxiety
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Naiker, Mani; Wakeling, Lara; Johnson, Joel; Brown, Stephen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Both attitude and previous experiences play a large role in shaping a student's approach to and achievement in a given subject. Similarly, students' enjoyment of their learning experiences is an important factor in determining their retention in their course of choice. Here, we explore the attitudes toward the study of chemistry amongst a cohort…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Chemistry, Student Attitudes
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Victor, Eufrásia Corrêa; Costa, Maria Conceição; Bonito, Jorge – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
Epistemology plays an important role in detecting learning difficulties in a given field of knowledge and in directing strategies to eliminate them. This quantitative study aimed to get to know the perceptions of 624 students, related to the nature of science and science teaching and learning. The cross-sectional survey, based on the Inventory of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Correia, Ana-Paula; Koehler, Natalya; Thompson, Ann; Phye, Gary – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: A multimedia software designed as a Computer-Assisted Scaffolding system was used to teach gas behavior on the submicroscopic level using Physics Education Technology Project (PhET) simulation. PhET is a set of interactive, research-based science and mathematics online simulations (https://phet. colorado.edu/). Purpose: The purpose was…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Lubiano, Michael Leonard D.; Magpantay, Marife S. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2021
This study enhanced the 7E instructional model towards enriching the science inquiry skills of senior high school learners in General Chemistry 1. A total of 136 Grade 12 learners enrolled in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) strand participated in the study. The study was composed of three phases. In Phase I, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, High School Students
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Lubiano, Michael Leonard D.; Magpantay, Marife S. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
This study enhanced the 7E instructional model towards enriching the science inquiry skills of senior high school learners in General Chemistry 1. A total of 136 Grade 12 learners enrolled in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) strand participated in the study. The study was composed of three phases. In Phase I, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Inquiry
Rosier, Malcolm J.; Long, Michael G. – 1991
This report sets out results for Australia arising from its participation in the Second International Science Study (SISS). The focus is on Year 12 students, including those studying science and those not currently studying science. Most of the results for the science students are presented separately for those specializing in biology, chemistry,…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Stuessy, Carol L.; Rowland, Paul McD. – 1989
Locus of control, a generalized belief about causality in one's personal life, was identified as a potential variable impinging upon the acquisition of science-related attitudes in classes of high school students from 10th grade biology, and 11th and 12th grade chemistry, and of college elementary education majors. Correlations of the…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Science, Grade 10
Bernauer, James A. – 1995
A program for infusing technology into the high school curriculum was initiated with grant funds at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in 1993-94. The first year of the program focused on establishing an Interactive Technology Lab, assessing teachers' readiness for the integration of technology into the curriculum and the effects of this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Biology, Chemistry
Jacobson, Willard J.; Doran, Rodney L. – 1988
The Second International IEA Science Study (SISS) had participants from 24 countries. In this report the data collected in 17 countries are analyzed and reported. Students from the 5th, 9th, and 12th grades were tested. The results from achievement tests, student questionnaires, opinionnaires, a science teaching and learning inventory, a word…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Comparative Education