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Debbie Mohamed – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the study is to see if there is a significant difference in chemistry exam achievement growth for 10th grade students in classes with problem-based learning compared with those students in classes with direct instruction. The state in which the study was conducted is developing new standards that are challenging students more than…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Gender Differences
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Noviansyah Kusmahardhika; Bela Mulia Wati; Triastono Imam Prasetyo – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
21st-century skills can be applied to STEM education. The Merdeka Curriculum also has a passion to support teachers and schools in exploring and implementing STEM as a learning approach to improve student competence. The study aims to develop learning tools consisting of the syllabus, lesson plans, and student worksheets (SLS) that are valid and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Fitriani, Apriza; Zubaidah, Siti; Susilo, Herawati; Al Muhdhar, Mimien Henie Irawati – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The present study was an attempt to investigate the effect of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Predict, Observe, Explain (POE), and the combination of both (PBLPOE) on students' critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes in Biology. A pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design was employed in this study and 132 tenth-grade students…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Scientific Attitudes
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Üce, Musa; Ates, Ismail – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this research; aim was determining student achievement by comparing problem-based learning method with teacher-centered traditional method of teaching 10th grade chemistry lesson mixtures topic. Pretest-posttest control group research design is implemented. Research sample includes; two classes of (total of 48 students) an Anatolian High School…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Achievement, Teaching Methods, Conventional Instruction
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Marle, Peter D.; Decker, Lisa; Taylor, Victoria; Fitzpatrick, Kathleen; Khaliqi, David; Owens, Janel E.; Henry, Renee M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
This paper discusses a K-12/university collaboration in which students participated in a four-day scenario-based summer STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) camp aimed at making difficult scientific concepts salient. This scenario, Jumpstart STEM-CSI: Chocolate Science Investigation (JSCSI), used open- and guided-inquiry…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, High School Students
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Marks, Ralf; Eilks, Ingo – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2009
This paper revisits the discussion about the objectives of scientific literacy-oriented chemistry teaching, its connection to the German concept of "Allgemeinbildung", and the debate of "science through education" vs. "education through science". About 10 years ago the sociocritical and problem-oriented approach to…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Action Research, Chemistry, Scientific Literacy
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Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Geban, Omer – Journal of Biological Education, 2006
In this study, the effect of problem-based learning on students' academic achievement and performance skills in a unit on the human excretory system was investigated. Sixty-one 10th grade students, from two full classes instructed by the same biology teacher, were involved in the study. Classes were randomly assigned as either the experimental or…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning
Barron, Eric – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2003
With support from NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Goddard Space Flight Center, IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) has developed educational materials that incorporate information and data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint satellite mission between the United States and Japan.…
Descriptors: Energy, Problem Based Learning, Learning Modules, Teaching Methods