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The Impact of Home Resources, Students' Attitudes toward Learning, and Instructional Strategies on Science Achievement
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Ker, Hsiang-Wei; Lee, Ying-Haur; Ho, Shu-Meei – Science Education, 2023
Science achievements of individuals play a crucial role when students aim to pursue highly demanded occupations and advanced academic degrees. Enhancing science attainment is crucial in improving the effectiveness of science education. This study investigates the impact of home educational resources, students' attitudes toward learning,…
Descriptors: Students, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Learning
Framing Negotiation: Dynamics of Epistemological and Positional Framing in Small Groups during Scientific Modeling
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Shim, Soo-Yean; Kim, Heui-Baik – Science Education, 2018
In this study, we examined students' epistemological and positional framing during small group scientific modeling to explore their context-dependent perceptions about knowledge, themselves, and others. We focused on two small groups of Korean eighth-grade students who participated in six modeling activities about excretion. The two groups were…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Science Education, Persuasive Discourse, Grade 8
A Multilevel Study on Trends in Malaysian Secondary School Students' Science Achievement and Associated School and Student Predictors
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Mohammadpour, Ebrahim – Science Education, 2012
This article aims to investigate variations in science achievement for secondary school students across the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessments and to examine the relations of several student- and school-level factors with achievement. The data were obtained from 5,577, 5,314, and 4,466 Malaysian eighth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Science Achievement, Secondary School Students, Grade 8
Epistemological Norms and Companion Meanings in Science Classroom Communication
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Lundqvist, Eva; Almqvist, Jonas; Ostman, Leif – Science Education, 2009
In this paper, we describe two central epistemological norms related to the importance of making investigations and to scientific language and its logic. These norms have been identified in empirical material consisting of 200 video-recorded lessons in three different science classes. With regard to the learning of science and socialization, we…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Scientific Principles, Epistemology, Science Education
Facilitating Identity Formation, Group Membership, and Learning in Science Classrooms: What Can Be Learned from Out-of-Field Teaching in an Urban School?
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Olitsky, Stacy – Science Education, 2007
This paper explores both the obstacles and the possibilities for students developing identities associated with science by engaging in solidarity-building classroom interactions. Data come from ethnographic research conducted in a diverse eighth-grade urban magnet school classroom in which the teacher taught out of field for part of the year.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools
Using Assessment as a Guide in Teaching for Understanding: A Case Study of a Middle School Science Class Learning about Sound.
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Treagust, David F.; Jacobowitz, Roberta; Gallagher, James L.; Parker, Joyce – Science Education, 2001
Examines the work of one teacher who taught the topic of sound to grade 8 students over a period of three weeks. Presents the findings of the study as five assertions using interpretive research methodology. Concludes with a discussion on the current reforms, which support that the integration of teaching with assessment leads to improvement of…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Case Studies, Classrooms, Evaluation