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Ezquerra, Angel; Fernandez-Sanchez, Belen; Magana, Marina; Mingo, Beatriz – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2017
The necessity of an adequate scientific literacy among the population in general and students in particular is a fact. Two of the main obstacles in science education that hinder it are the lack of connection between the contents worked in class and the students' day-to-day, and the misunderstanding of scientific language. In the present study, a…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Language Usage
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Ciascai, Liliana – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
The results of Romanian school students in Science PISA and TIMSS testings have been and continue to be systematically slack. In the present paper we intend to do a comparative analysis of Science curriculum TIMSS 2007 and Romanian Science school curricula of 4th and 8th grades. This analysis, based on Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive domain,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Grade 4
Achieve, Inc., 2010
This appendix accompanies the report "Taking the Lead in Science Education: Forging Next-Generation Science Standards. International Science Benchmarking Report," a study conducted by Achieve to compare the science standards of 10 countries. This appendix includes the following: (1) PISA and TIMSS Assessment Rankings; (2) Courses and…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Research Skills