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Shu-Fen Lin; Wan-Chin Shie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Teachers lack effective curriculum-based instruments to assess their students' scientific competence that would provide information for modifying their inquiry instruction. The main purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Curriculum-Based Scientific Competence (CBSC) test to assess students' scientific competence in a 1-semester Grade…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Validity, Grade 9, Science Tests
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Eser, Mehmet Taha; Çobanoglu Aktan, Derya – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2021
Science literacy, which is included in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as an assessment area, is an important research and discussion area of science education literature with all its dimensions. In this study, the clustering results of the students from 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Science Education, Scores
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Teig, Nani; Scherer, Ronny; Olsen, Rolf Vegar – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
A great number of studies have investigated science teaching and learning (STL) using data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Nevertheless, there is little effort to synthesise these studies. Reviewing the status of research on STL, including the trends,…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Science Instruction
Ton de Jong; Ard W. Lazonder; Clark A. Chinn; Frank Fisher; Janice Gobert; Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver; Ken R. Koedinger; Joseph S. Krajcik; Eleni A. Kyza; Marcia C. Linn; Margus Pedaste; Katharina Scheiter; Zacharias C. Zacharia – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many studies investigating inquiry learning in science domains have appeared over the years. Throughout this period, inquiry learning has been regularly criticized by scholars who favor direct instruction over inquiry learning. In this vein, Zhang, Kirschner, Cobern, and Sweller (2022) recently asserted that direct instruction is overall superior…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Ekawati, Rooselyna; Lin, Fou-Lai – Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education, 2014
In this study, we aimed at demonstrating the power of Variation Theory in exploring the local situation of Indonesian teachers and Teacher Professional Development program. The projection of Variation theory regarding the enterprise of teaching results on the need of sensitivity of students and exemplary teaching strategy that differ with teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education