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Chen, Yi-Chun; Yang, Fang-Ying; Chang, Cheng-Chieh – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
Science learning requires visuospatial thinking. Accordingly, spatial ability is regarded as the key to learning science well, but its effects are sometimes not as significant as expected. To this end, this research aims to conceptualize spatial abilities and to clarify their relation to science learning based on an analysis of empirical studies.…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Epistemology
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Yang, Fang-Ying – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This study examined 10th-grade students' use of theory and evidence in evaluating a socio-scientific issue: the use of underground water, after students had received a Science, Technology and Society-oriented instruction. Forty-five male and 45 female students from two intact, single-sex, classes participated in this study. A flow-map method was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Gender Differences, High School Students, Thinking Skills
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Yang, Fang-Ying – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This study examined 10th-grade students' use of theory and evidence in evaluating a socio-scientific issue: the use of underground water, after students had received a Science, Technology and Society-oriented instruction. Forty-five male and 45 female students from two intact, single-sex, classes participated in this study. A flow-map method was…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences, Environmental Education