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Ma, Xin; Zhang, Yin; Luo, Xingkai – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Although there is an increasing recognition of the importance of critical thinking in science education across the world, the relevant research literature is extremely thin. There is an urgent need to generate more empirical evidence. Purpose: We examined two essential issues concerning critical thinking (the relationship between…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Education, Academic Achievement, Physics
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Nkadimeng, Mahlatse; Ankiewicz, Piet – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Video games are a medium most students are familiar with; thus, they can be used as educational tools to meet the needs of twenty-first-century students. Given the popularity of video games with teenagers, they can be incorporated as educational tools in the science classroom. However, the affordances of using Minecraft Education (Minecraft…
Descriptors: Video Games, Game Based Learning, Junior High School Students, Science Instruction
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Evcim, Ismail; Arslan, Mustafa – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
In this study, to examine the change in individuals' critical thinking skills, a new unit was developed in which STEM was integrated. The outcomes of this 7th-grade unit were selected from related disciplines. During the learning process of the developed Force and Energy unit, it was aimed that individuals could make judgments by gaining critical…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Curriculum Development, Physics, Energy
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Kurt, Uluhan; Sezek, Fatih – Science Education International, 2022
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between students' metacognitive learning, critical thinking, scientific process skills, and academic achievements after the "Cell and Divisions" and "Force and Energy" units which have been processed according to different teaching methods. Furthermore, in this study, it…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Skill Development, Metacognition
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Furqani, Dandy; Feranie, Selly; Winarno, Nanang – Journal of Science Learning, 2018
Scientific learning in schools requires not only students' ability to understand concept, but also critical thinking abilities of the students. However, the current scientific learning process is still focused on only cognitive aspects. Therefore, a teaching model or strategy that is able to support students to understand concept as well as…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Pretests Posttests, Science Instruction, Concept Formation
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Mack Shelley, Editor; Ozkan Akman, Editor; Sabri Turgut, Editor – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 16-19, 2024, in San Francisco, California, United States of America. The aim of the conference is to offer…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Lifelong Learning, Community College Students
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Al Husni, Noha M.; El Rouadi, Naim – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Interdisciplinary curriculum supports cognitive development through well planned lessons at early age. This article focuses on a specific experimental study done in 2010 on Grade 7 learners in a Lebanese private school to aid them in empowering their skills and competencies to solve a real life problem. The objective of this experimental study is…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Cognitive Development, Grade 7, Private Schools
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Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Yalvac, Bugrahan; Loving, Cathleen C.; Willson, Victor – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
This article reports on an empirical exploration of the relations and strengths among Turkish grades 9-11 students' (n = 209) personal epistemologies (justification of knowledge, certainty of knowledge, source of knowledge, development of knowledge), self-regulated learning (extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, rehearsal, elaboration,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Independent Study, Foreign Countries, Physics