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Does Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Improve Students' Science Academic Performance and Process Skills?
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Idul, Joevi Jhun A.; Caro, Virgencita B. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
This study investigates the effects of process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) on the academic performance and science process skills of Grade 10 Filipino students in science. Specifically, this study aimed to (1) determine and compare the level of academic performance of students when exposed to POGIL and non-POGIL and (2) assess the…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Achievement
Translational Skills of Students in Chemistry
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Sanchez, Joje Mar P. – Science Education International, 2018
Understanding chemistry requires the interplay of several modes of representations which can be observed in the translational skills of students. This paper investigated the extent of the translational skills of students exposed to conventional lecture method (CLM) and the integrated macro-micro-symbolic approach (IMMSA). Individual interviews…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
Understanding Mexican Immigrant Students in American Schools: A Case Study of Two "Preparatorias" in México
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de Souza, Marcela – Cogent Education, 2017
English language learners are a diverse and fast-growing segment of the student population in the United States. Faced with the double challenge of keeping up with grade-level content while learning English as a new language in a new culture, many of them struggle. This article presents data from a three-phase qualitative study designed to learn…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
An Examination of the Fostering and Display of Historical Empathy in One Secondary Social Studies Classroom
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Brooks, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This case study examined the place that perspective recognition and care as components of historical empathy occupy in one history teacher's purpose, instruction, and students' response. Abigail, a high school history teacher, and four tenth grade students from one section of her Advanced Placement European History course participated in this…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, European History, Advanced Placement, Primary Sources
Argumentative Discourse in a High School Chemistry Classroom
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Abi-El-Mona, Issam; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
This study aimed to identify the types of arguments promoted in various contexts common to a high school chemistry classroom, including lecture-discussion and laboratory activities. The study was guided by the following research question: What types of argument structures and schemes, if any, are promoted and engaged by students within various…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Science Laboratories
Using Form and Function Analogy Object Boxes to Teach Human Body Systems
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Rule, Audrey C.; Furletti, Charles – School Science and Mathematics, 2004
This study compares the use of form and function analogy object boxes to more traditional lecture and worksheet instruction during a 10th-grade unit on human body systems. The study was conducted with two classes (N = 32) of mixed ability students at a high-needs rural high school in central New York State. The study used a pretest/posttest…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Science Instruction, Human Body, Teaching Methods