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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study employed the interview method to clarify the underlying dimensions of and relationships between students' scientific ontological and epistemic beliefs. Forty Taiwanese high school students were invited to participate in this study. Through content analysis of the participants' interview responses two ontological dimensions including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Beliefs, Epistemology
Spence, Steven; MacNamara, Aine – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
The somewhat forever-changing landscape of education in England has recently challenged the post-16 sector in new ways, with funding and a knowledge-based curriculum just some of the new initiatives institutions must acclimatise to. Sport provision, a generic term used in this paper to encompass level three sport and physical education programmes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Semi Structured Interviews, High Schools
Çelik, Aytug Özaltun; Güzel, Esra Bukova – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2017
The aim of this case study is to examine mathematics teachers' knowledge of students' thinking and its evidences in their teaching. The participants were three secondary mathematics teachers. Data were gathered from interviews and observations. While analyzing the data, the framework about teachers' knowledge of students' thinking was used. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Observation
Brooks, Maneka Deanna – Journal of Literacy Research, 2017
This article examines the alternative English spelling practices of a student who is considered to be a "long-term English learner." It draws on a theoretical framework that integrates a social perspective on spelling with a rejection of idealized conceptions of bilingualism. The analyzed English spellings presented in this article were…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Spelling, Bilingualism, Adolescents
Mueller, Rebecca Glasgow Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The present qualitative study used socio-cultural theory (Wertsch, 1998), pedagogical content knowledge (Shulman, 1987), and reflective practice (Schon, 1983) to examine how social studies teachers define and develop inquiry questions. Existing literature reflects a long tradition of equating inquiry with high quality social studies instruction…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Chang, Chew-Hung; Pascua, Liberty – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
Climate change is an important theme in the investigation of human-environment interactions in geographic education. This study explored the nature of students' understanding of concepts and processes related to climate change. Through semi-structured interviews, data was collected from 27 Secondary 3 (Grade 9) students from Singapore. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Secondary School Students, Grade 9
Khoirunnisa; Suparno; Supriyadi, Slamet – Dinamika Ilmu, 2018
This study was focused on English for Specific Purposes to look into the teacher's and students' perceptions about teaching speaking for a Tourism Program. Eight males and females Tourism students and their English teacher in a private Vocational Secondary School in Surakarta were purposely selected as the participants of this study. They were…
Descriptors: Tourism, Speech Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Gibbons, Melinda M.; Hyfantis, Justina; Cihak, David F.; Wright, Rachel; Mynatt, Blair – Professional School Counseling, 2015
Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) are less likely to continue their education or become employed after high school. Although transition services are provided, little is known about students' understanding of their post-high school options. Using a social cognitive framework, the authors interviewed students with ID to determine their…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, High School Students, Social Theories, Epistemology
Taslidere, Erdal – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: In the last few decades, researchers have turned their attention to students' understanding of scientific concepts at different school levels. The results indicate that the learners have different ideas, and most of them are inaccurate in terms of those generally accepted by the scientific community. Purpose: This study was undertaken…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Student Evaluation, High School Students, Misconceptions
Academic Civic Mindedness and Model Citizenship in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky – Social Studies, 2016
This study uses interview and survey methods to describe the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme's (DP) development of students' "academic civic mindedness" and "model citizenship" at four public schools in California. Results indicate that the DP pedagogy enables students to develop many of the skills that are…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Citizenship Education, Public Schools, Surveys
Briand-Lamarche, Mélodie; Pinard, Renée; Thériault, Pascale; Dagenais, Christian – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
To encourage the use of research-based information (RBI) in education in Quebec, the "Centre de transfert pour la réussite educative du Québec" CTREQ and the RENARD team, a knowledge transfer research team, developed the Competency Model for Knowledge Translation to Support Educational Achievement among Quebec Youth. They then developed…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Haack, Darin Marcus – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how teachers experience a stance toward inquiry through participation in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). In order to meet this objective, the following questions framed this research: (1) How do individual teachers make meaning of the epistemological and dialogic aspects of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Inquiry, Teacher Attitudes
Roditis, Maria; Lee, Joann; Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Purpose: Despite evidence that adolescents become addicted to nicotine even after limited use, adolescents believe they can experiment with or smoke cigarettes for a few years and easily quit. The goal of this study was to examine adolescents' understanding of the definition and process of nicotine addiction using a mixed-methods approach. Method:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Misconceptions, Risk, Smoking
Drotos, Stephanie M.; Cilesiz, Sebnem – Education and Urban Society, 2016
Facilitating economically disadvantaged students' access to higher education is an important goal of educational policy. However, some practices toward this goal are based on theories and assumptions not informed by the students' conditions or needs. The purpose of this study was to understand the challenges faced by students from high poverty,…
Descriptors: Poverty, Urban Schools, High School Students, Barriers
Basheer, Ahmad; Hugerat, Muhamad; Kortam, Naji; Hofstein, Avi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
In this study we explored whether the use of teachers' demonstrations significantly improves students' understanding of redox reactions compared with control group counterparts who were not exposed to the demonstrations. The sample consisted of 131 Israeli 8th graders in middle schools (junior high school). Students' attitudes and achievements as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Arabs, Science Education