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Xinfa Yi; Peiling Hong; Pengfei Chen; Xinyang Bai; Sijia Li; Senqing Qi; Mark A. Runco – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
The creative achievements of eminent genius in Chinese history are of enormous interest. There is, however, uncertainty about the accurate measurement of eminence and creativity. The most tenable measurement approach is historiometric. Nearly all historiometric research on eminence and creative achievement has involved Western samples. The present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Scientists, Creativity
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Qian Huangfu; Weilin Huang; Qianmei He; Sisi Luo; Qimei Chen – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Chemistry academic engagement has received considerable attention for its role in enhancing students' learning and overall development. As a significant factor influencing students' chemistry improvement, research on chemistry academic engagement has emerged as a focal point. However, the methods to improve students' chemistry academic engagement…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Learner Engagement, Science Achievement
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Lau, Kwok-Chi; Ho, Sui-Chu Esther – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study analyzes how students' reported teaching practices of their teachers and their attitudes towards science are related to the science achievements of four high-performing countries/economies in PISA 2015: Hong Kong, China, Canada, and Finland. A study of these regions can shed light on the commonalities of and differences between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement, High Achievement
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Koyuncu, Ilhan; Firat, Tahsin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
This study aims to investigate the predictors of reading performance and how reading performance predicts mathematics and science performances in PISA 2018 study. For this purpose, the country in the focus (Turkey), the highest performer (China [B-S-J-Z]) in the world, and the lowest performer (Mexico) among the OECD members countries were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Wang, Su; Liu, Xiufeng; Zhao, Yandong – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
As the breadth and depth of economic reforms increase in China, growing attention is being paid to equalities in opportunities to learn science by students of various backgrounds. In early 2009, the Chinese Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology jointly sponsored a national survey of urban eighth-grade students' science…
Descriptors: Science Education, Curriculum Development, Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Wolf, Richard M., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Twelve articles present excerpts from several national reports of countries participating on the Second International Science Study (SISS) of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The SISS examined science achievement and its correlates in participating countries and studied trends from 1970 through the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education