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Dimitri Belli; Guglielmo Lischi; Giovanni Pardini; Paolo Milazzo; Valentina Domenici – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This technology report presents the main features of a free digital educational tool which aims to introduce middle school level students to the comprehension of the particulate nature of matter in the three states (i.e., solid, liquid, and gas) and during phase transitions. This digital tool is available and is freely accessible online. Its…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Chemistry, Middle School Students, Educational Technology
Michelle B. Tindall – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigates the challenge faced by eighth-grade students at Southern State Middle School in grasping abstract concepts within the domains of physical science, physics, and chemistry. This difficulty is manifested in their poor performance on summative assessments. A comprehensive analysis of state-provided data, in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments, Hands on Science, Summative Evaluation
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Küçük, Arzu – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2022
This research aimed to compare the short and long-term effects of technology-supported and inquiry-based teaching prepared within the scope of energy transformation on students' academic achievement. It was designed as an exploratory action research case study. The research group consisted of forty-three students studying at the seventh grade…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Mihail Calalb; Irina Zelenschi – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2024
This study examines the impact of constructivist physics lessons and laboratory activities on middle and high school students' academic success. Utilizing the constructivist learning model, which emphasizes active student engagement, the research was conducted at Hyperion Theoretical High School in Chi?inau, Moldova, involving 195 students across…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physics, Science Education, Science Laboratories
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Governor, Donna; Carter, Amanda – Science and Children, 2021
This article provides an overview of the instructional activity implemented to introduce the authors' first-grade students to the concept of measuring, collecting, and recording temperature data as part of a unit on weather. The activities introduced involved approximately one week of instructional time. However, the application of the skill…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Weather
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Savli, Sina; Dogru, Mustafa – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
The study aims to examine fourth-grade private and public-school students' images of the science learning environment using their drawings. The survey was conducted in the 2017-2018 academic year, and a descriptive survey model was used. Participant group of this study consist of 357 fourth-grade students. In this study, data were collected by…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Private Schools
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Kapici, Hasan Ozgur; Akcay, Hakan; Cakir, Hakki – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Inquiry-based learning can be an effective approach when students are provided with sufficient guidance. However, there is an ongoing debate among practitioners about the nature, type, and level of such guidance. This study investigated the effects on middle school students' (N = 116) conceptual knowledge and inquiry skills acquisition of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Hands on Science, Computer Simulation
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Yildirim, Fatih Serdar – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2021
The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of using virtual lab application in science teaching on students' academic achievement and students' views on virtual lab application. The study group of the research consists of 62 students studying in the 8th grade of a secondary school in Antalya in the 2019-2020 academic years. Mixed method design…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Science Laboratories
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Lai-Chong Law, Effie; Heintz, Matthias; Andrade, Pamela – School Science Review, 2019
The Next-Lab project provides free web-based resources supporting teachers in enhancing students' learning experiences. By including online laboratories, experiments otherwise difficult or impossible to perform are facilitated (e.g. crashing meteoroids into Earth). This article briefly presents the project and opportunities offered to teachers and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Web Based Instruction, Science Experiments
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Hung, Jeng-Fung; Tsai, Chun-Yen – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
Previous studies on the effectiveness of virtual laboratories for learning have shown inconsistent results over the past decade. The purpose of this research was to explore the effects of a virtual laboratory and meta-cognitive scaffolding on students' data modeling competences. A quasi-experimental design was used. Three classes of eighth graders…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Computer Simulation, Comparative Analysis, Science Laboratories
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Afriani, Tina; Agustin, Rika Rafikah; Eliyawati – Journal of Science Learning, 2019
This research aims to investigate the effect of guided inquiry laboratory activity with video embedded on students' understanding and students' motivation in learning lights and optics topic. The method used in this research was pre-experiment. The sampling technique used in this research was convenience sampling, and the samples were taken from…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Video Technology
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Macanas, Genalin A.; Rogayan, Danilo V., Jr. – Participatory Educational Research, 2019
Teaching Science in a digital society where 21st century skills are being harnessed is a perennial challenge. This is for the reason that teachers, specifically in the elementary level, are relentlessly modifying and innovating teaching strategies to improve science education. This action research study sought to explore the effects of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
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Cakir, Nevin Kozcu; Guven, Gokhan – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2019
The purpose of the current study is to design and develop an Arduino-assisted robotic and coding activity in compliance with the 5E learning model for middle school students to construct knowledge and realize learning in science teaching. The study was conducted on 6th grade students attending a private middle school in Turkey in the second term…
Descriptors: Robotics, Coding, Middle School Students, Science Instruction
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Maulidah, Shopi Setiawati; Prima, Eka Cahya – Journal of Science Learning, 2018
This research was intended to analyze the use of Physics Education Technology (PhET) as a virtual laboratory in learning waves and sounds. The analysis was in terms of the implementation of waves on a string student activity as a lesson plan, the profile of students' cognitive, and the profile of science laboratory environment. The method which is…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Erenler, Sumeyye; Cetin, Pinar Seda – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2019
Recent reform efforts in science education have brought scientific literacy to researchers' attention. Researchers have been searching for new instructional models to engage students' variety of scientific practices to fulfil the requirements of scientific literacy. Argument Driven Inquiry (ADI) is a novel instructional model that integrates the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Student Attitudes, Inquiry
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