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Molway, Laura; Mutton, Trevor – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Recent research has established that it is academically advantageous for students to adopt an incremental view of their intelligence and that this is a key marker of a student's level of self-efficacy. The self-efficacy of students following Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) courses in UK secondary schools is known to be low. Interventions have been…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning
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Donovan, Brian M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
For over a century, genetic arguments for the existence of racial inequality have been used to oppose policies that promote social equality. And, over that same time period, American biology textbooks have repeatedly discussed genetic differences between races. This experiment tests whether racial terminology in the biology curriculum causes…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Labeling (of Persons), Science Curriculum, Biology
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Kumar, Amit; Mathur, Madhu – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Teaching a subject like physics needs special teaching methods. It has been felt that in spite of strenuous efforts of physics teacher, students fail to grasp the certain concepts of subject, which lead disinterest among students towards physics. More ever students are often unable to apply their knowledge to advance studies. Therefore there is a…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction