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Costu, Fatma – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Several studies compared three different types of questions (conceptual, algorithmic, and graphical) across various topics, however, few focused specifically on gifted students. This study addressed this gap. The aim of the study, hence, was to determine whether there were notable differences in gifted students' performance in the three types of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Concept Formation, Algorithms, Graphs
Virginia A. Ressa; Sheryl S. Lazarus; Christopher M. Rogers; Kascinda Fleming; Mari Quanbeck – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2024
Research on test accommodations provides valuable information that informs policy and practice. This report presents a synthesis of the research literature published in 2022 on testing accommodations for U.S. elementary and secondary students (K-12). The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has reported on accommodations research since…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Testing Accommodations, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Teacher Attitudes
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Mark Bray; Abdel Rahamane Baba-Moussa – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2025
This paper examines and builds on an earlier contribution to this journal focusing on private supplementary tutoring -- widely known as shadow education -- in Francophone West and Central Africa. Drawing on wider literature about research methods in this domain, it examines the basis for the numerical estimates presented in the original article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Supplementary Education, Private Education
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Márió Tibor Nagy; Erzsébet Korom – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Nowadays, the assessment of student performance has become increasingly technology-based, a trend that can also be observed in the evaluation of scientific reasoning, with more and more of the formerly paper-based assessment tools moving into the digital space. The study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the paper-based and…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Science Tests
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Militello, Kevin T.; Nedelkovska, Hristina – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the need to reliably detect the presence of viral genomes in human clinical samples. The most accurate viral tests involve the use of qPCR. Thus, it is important for students to understand the mechanism to detect viral genomes by qPCR including critical qPCR controls and how to properly interpret qPCR data.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Undergraduate Students, Patients, Accuracy
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Noor, Mohd Syafiq Aiman Mat – Science Education International, 2021
This study sought to assess the level of secondary students' scientific literacy in suburban schools in Malaysia and England, a research area which to date has not been fully explored in the literature. The study analyzed the data using the OECD's three domain-specific competencies of scientific literacy, namely: (i) explain phenomena…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Secondary School Students, Scientific Literacy