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The Suppression Role of Positive Affect on Students' Science Achievement in East Asia: The Example of Taipei
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Long, Haiying – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
This study focuses on "high achievement but low motivation" phenomenon that is prevalent in East Asian countries and districts, and uses eighth graders in Taipei that participated in TIMSS 2007 as an example to examine the direct and indirect effects of academic motivation, positive affect, and instruction on science achievement.…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Education, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
What Works Where? The Relationship between Instructional Variables and Schools' Mean Scores in Mathematics and Science in Low-, Medium-, and High-Achieving Countries
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Zuzovsky, Ruth – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: The association between frequent use of certain instructional practices in mathematics and science and learning outcomes in schools in low-, medium-, and high-achieving countries is the focus of this study. It not only looks at teaching practices "that work" (positively associated with achievement) but whether they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement
The Effect of Herrmann Whole Brain Teaching Method on Students' Understanding of Simple Electric Circuits
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Bawaneh, Ali Khalid Ali; Nurulazam Md Zain, Ahmad; Salmiza, Saleh – European Journal of Physics Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Herrmann Whole Brain Teaching Method over conventional teaching method on eight graders in their understanding of simple electric circuits in Jordan. Participants (N = 273 students; M = 139, F = 134) were randomly selected from Bani Kenanah region-North of Jordan and randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Brain, Electronics
Formula for Success According to TIMSS or the Subliminal Decay of Jurisdictional Educultural Integrity?
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Puk, Tom – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
Comparison of teaching practices of grade 7-8 science teachers in Ontario, Alberta, and Singapore found an implicit "formula for success" related to high scores on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Recent Ontario curriculum guidelines aimed at boosting TIMSS scores ignore provincial educational values that…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Educational Policy