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The Relative Effectiveness of Integrated Reading Study Strategy and Conceptual Physics Approach
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Taslidere, Erdal; Eryilmaz, Ali – Research in Science Education, 2012
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the combined and partial effects of the Integrated Reading/Study Strategy and Conceptual Physics Approach on ninth grade private high school students' achievement in and attitudes toward optics. The Integrated Reading/Study Strategy is a new strategy which was developed by integrating previously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Reading Strategies
Model Based Inquiry in the High School Physics Classroom: An Exploratory Study of Implementation and Outcomes
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Campbell, Todd; Zhang, Danhui; Neilson, Drew – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
This study considers whether Model Based Inquiry (MBI) is a suitable mechanism for facilitating science as inquiry to allow students to develop deep understandings of difficult concepts, while also gaining better understandings of science process and the nature of science. This manuscript also considers time devoted to MBI in comparison to more…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Academic Achievement
Effectiveness of Conceptual Change Text-Oriented Instruction on Students' Understanding of Energy in Chemical Reactions
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Tastan, Ozgecan; Yalcinkaya, Eylem; Boz, Yezdan – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of conceptual change text instruction (CCT) in the context of energy in chemical reactions. The subjects of the study were 60, 10th grade students at a high school, who were in two different classes and taught by the same teacher. One of the classes was randomly selected as the experimental…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Chemistry
The Effects of Problem-Based Active Learning in Science Education on Students' Academic Achievement, Attitude and Concept Learning
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Tandogan, Ruhan Ozkardes; Orhan, Akinoglu – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of problem-based active learning in science education on students' academic achievement and concept learning. In the study, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized. Quantitative data were obtained via the pre/post-test, treatment-control groups test model. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Teaching Methods
The Effects of Problem-Based Active Learning in Science Education on Students' Academic Achievement, Attitude and Concept Learning
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Akinoglu, Orhan; Tandogan, Ruhan Özkardes – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of problem-based active learning in science education on students' academic achievement and concept learning. In the study, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized. Quantitative data were obtained via the pre/post-test, treatment-control groups test model. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Teaching Methods
The Effect of the Computer Assisted Teaching and 7E Model of the Constructivist Learning Methods on the Achievements and Attitudes of High School Students
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Gonen, Selahattin; Kocakaya, Serhat; Inan, Cemil – Online Submission, 2006
This study provides a comparative effect study of the Computer Assisted Teaching and the 7E model of the Constructivist Learning methods on attitudes and achievements of the students in physics classes. The experiments have been carried out in a private high school in Diyarbakir/Turkey on groups of first year students whose pre-test scores of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Physics, Achievement Tests