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Teacher-Directed Learning Approaches and Science Achievement: Investigating the Importance of Instructional Explanations in Australian Schools
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Cairns, Dean; Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study investigated the relationships of teacher-directed approaches with science achievement in Australian schools. The data for this study were drawn from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 database and analysed using multilevel modelling (MLM). MLMs were estimated to test the contribution of each item to students'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Foreign Countries
Examining the Relationship between Science Motivational Beliefs and Science Achievement in Emirati Early Adolescents through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory
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Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Khurma, Othman Abu; Ali, Nagla; Al Hakmani, Rehab; Kadbey, Hanadi – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Background: A solid foundation in science is critical to students' success in the 21st century workforce, especially in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Therefore, high-quality science education is critical to prepare students for the challenges of the future. However, Emirati students have consistently…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement
Assessing Students' Motivational Beliefs about Learning Science across Grade Level and Gender
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Liou, Pey-Yan; Wang, Cheng-Lung; Lin, John J. H.; Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Journal of Experimental Education, 2021
This study investigated whether students' motivational beliefs about learning science (i.e., self-concept in science and intrinsic value of science) varied significantly across grade levels and genders. The study also examined the relations between students' motivational beliefs about learning science and their science achievement by grade level…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction
The Effect of Absolute Age-Position on Academic Performance: A Study of Secondary Students in the United Arab Emirates
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Melkonian, Michael; Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Educational Studies, 2018
The study examined the impact of students' absolute age-position at the time of testing by grade level and gender on their achieved level of mathematics, reading and science performance. An analysis was conducted based on a sample of 11,500 15-year-old pupils in the United Arab Emirates who participated in the OECD's Programme for International…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Instructional Program Divisions, Gender Differences
Exploring the Relations of Inquiry-Based Teaching to Science Achievement and Dispositions in 54 Countries
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Cairns, Dean; Areepattamannil, Shaljan – Research in Science Education, 2019
This study, drawing on data from the third cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and employing three-level hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) as an analytic strategy, examined the relations of inquiry-based science teaching to science achievement and dispositions toward science among 170,474 15-year-old students from…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
Examining Acculturation Orientations and Perceived Cultural Distance among Immigrant Adolescents in Portugal: Links to Performance in Reading, Mathematics, and Science
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Melkonian, Michael; Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Menano, Luisa; Fildago, Patricia – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Drawing on data from the fifth cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the authors examined the relations of reported acculturation orientations--heritage as well as host culture-orientations--and perceived cultural distance between host and heritage culture with academic performance among 399 first- and second-generation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes