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Classroom Instructions Observed from the Perspectives of Current Reform in Science Education: Comparisons between Korean and U.S. Classrooms
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Campbell, Todd; Oh, Phil Seok; Shin, Myeong-Kyeong; Zhang, Danhui – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2010
This research investigated the similarities and differences between Korean and U.S. 9-12th grade science classrooms. The Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol was used to observe sixty-six classrooms (26 Korean and 40 U.S.) to examine the extent to which principles of constructivism framing both Korean and U.S. standards documents were observed.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Examining the Alignment of Chinese National Physics Curriculum Guidelines and 12th-Grade Exit Examinations: A Case Study
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Liang, Ling L.; Yuan, Haiquan – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This study reports findings from an analysis of the 2002 Chinese National Physics Curriculum Guidelines and the alignment between the curriculum guidelines and two most recent provincial-level 12th-grade exit examinations in China. Both curriculum guidelines and test content were represented using two-dimensional matrices (i.e., topic by level of…
Descriptors: Test Content, Exit Examinations, Physics, Guidelines