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van Gelderen, Amos; Oostdam, Ron; van Schooten, Erik – Language Learning, 2011
We report a classroom experiment directed at increasing lexical fluency in writing. Participants were 107 Dutch students in bilingual (EFL) education (Grades 10 and 11). According to current theories of writing such fluency allows writers to devote more attention to higher order aspects of text production, such as idea generation, selection and…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Control Groups, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Xu, Jianzhong – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
The purpose of this study is to test the validity of scores on the Homework Purpose Scale using 681 rural and 306 urban high school students. First, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the rural sample. The results reveal that the Homework Purpose Scale comprises three separate yet related factors, including Learning-Oriented Reasons,…
Descriptors: Homework, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Taylor, Jonte C.; Therrien, William J.; Kaldenberg, Erica; Watt, Sarah; Chanlen, Niphon; Hand, Brian – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2012
Poor science achievement has been an educational issue for a number of years. Students with disabilities have traditionally fared worse. Research suggests that students with disabilities may respond better to instruction using an inquiry-based approach vs. traditional textbook instruction when measuring science achievement on standardized…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Disabilities, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Wilson, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study analyzed 2005 posttest data compared to 2008 posttest data to determine student end of school year academic achievement outcomes across three academic levels (above average, average, and below average chemistry potential) and two teacher homework evaluation methods (assigned but not graded and assigned and graded) on teacher prepared…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Test Results, Graduation Requirements, Program Effectiveness
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Besson, Ugo; Borghi, Lidia; De Ambrosis, Anna; Mascheretti, Paolo – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
We have developed a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) on friction based on a preliminary study involving three dimensions: an analysis of didactic research on the topic, an overview of usual approaches, and a critical analysis of the subject, considered also in its historical development. We found that mostly the usual presentations do not take…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Criticism, Motivation, Teaching Methods
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Al khawaldeh, Salem A.; Al Olaimat, Ali M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
The present study conducted to investigate the contribution of conceptual change texts, accompanied by concept mapping instruction to eleventh-grade students' understanding of cellular respiration concepts, and their retention of this understanding. Cellular respiration concepts test was developed as a result of examination of related literature…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Biology
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Nicolaidou, Iolie; Kyza, Eleni A.; Terzian, Frederiki; Hadjichambis, Andreas; Kafouris, Dimitris – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Assessing the credibility of evidence in complex, socio-scientific problems is of paramount importance. However, there is little discussion in the science education literature on this topic and on how students can be supported in developing such skills. In this article, we describe an instructional design framework, which we call the Credibility…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Instructional Design, Biotechnology
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Chasseigne, Gerard; Giraudeau, Caroline; Lafon, Peggy; Mullet, Etienne – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2011
The study examined the knowledge of the functional relations between potential difference, magnitude of current, and resistance among seventh graders, ninth graders, 11th graders (in technical schools), and college students. It also tested the efficiency of a learning device named "functional learning" derived from cognitive psychology on the…
Descriptors: Physics, Grade 9, Cognitive Psychology, Grade 7
Throne, Kurt Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to discover what teaching strategies were utilized by Special Day Class (SDC) teachers to prepare their 9-12 grade students to pass a course in Algebra 1 and the mathematics section of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). This study used a mixed methodology involving a quantitative survey and qualitative…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Grade 9
Niblett, Blair; Potvin, Leigh – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2010
Recently, the authors have been collecting data for a research project that explores secondary school boys' perceptions of masculinity. They spent a week in Leigh's grade 11 philosophy class discussing gender while observing and video recording students' perception for analysis. In their research, they used Colour Blind as a vehicle for unearthing…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Student Attitudes, Norms, Foreign Countries
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Lagrange, Jean-Baptiste – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
Casyopee is an evolving project focusing on the development of both software and classroom situations to teach algebra and analysis at upper secondary level. In this article, we sketch the rationales for the Casyopee project in relationship with the focus on functions in upper secondary curricula. To evaluate Casyopee's contribution, we present…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Grade 11, Experimental Teaching, Computer Uses in Education
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Feierabend, Timo; Eilks, Ingo – Science Education International, 2010
This paper describes the development of different lesson plans dealing with authentic and controversial socio-scientific issues in the framework of climate change. These lesson plans orient themselves along the socio-critical, problem-oriented approach to science teaching. They deal with the use of bioethanol as an alternative fuel and with the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Lesson Plans, Action Research, Chemistry
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Monte-Sano, Chauncey – Curriculum Inquiry, 2011
Basic reading comprehension and summary tend to be the focus in social studies and history classrooms, if reading and writing are included at all. But such a focus inhibits a conception of history as an interpretive discipline grounded in evidence that is analyzed, not simply accepted. Understanding the past is impossible without such historical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, History
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Tsaparlis, Georgios – Science Education International, 2008
SOMA (States-Of-Matter Approach) is an introductory chemistry program for all students in the tenth or eleventh grade (age 16-17), which introduces chemistry through the separate study of the three states of matter. SOMA is basically a formalistic approach. In this paper, we discuss the use of PARSEL modules in providing a teaching approach to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Grade 11, Grade 10, Teaching Methods
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Sahin Pekmez, Esin – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The main purpose of this study was to find the effectiveness of using analogies to prevent misconceptions about chemical equilibrium. Nineteen analogies, which were based on dynamic aspects of chemical equilibrium and application of Le Chatelier's principle, were developed. The participations of this study consisted of 11th grade students (n: 151)…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Chemistry, Interviews
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