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The Relationship between Scientific Process Skills and Science Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study
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Dolapcioglu, Sevda; Subasi, Münevver – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
One of the main challenges in science education is interpreting existing studies to improve scientific process skills. The main purpose of this study is to bring together the quantitative findings obtained on the relationship between scientific process skills and academic achievement in science education, to highlight the relevant gaps in 5838…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Achievement, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
A Scoping Review of the Relationship between Students' ICT and Performance in Mathematics and Science in the PISA Data
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Odell, Bryce; Cutumisu, Maria; Gierl, Mark – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2020
This scoping literature review examines the relationship between ICT and performance scores in mathematics and science for students around the world included in the PISA assessment. In this review we examined 25 publications and showed that the relationship between ICT and academic achievement is not consistent. The different types of ICT revealed…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Scores
School Gardens Enhance Academic Performance and Dietary Outcomes in Children
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Berezowitz, Claire K.; Bontrager Yoder, Andrea B.; Schoeller, Dale A. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Schools face increasing demands to provide education on healthy living and improve core academic performance. Although these appear to be competing concerns, they may interact beneficially. This article focuses on school garden programs and their effects on students' academic and dietary outcomes. Methods: Database searches in CABI,…
Descriptors: Gardening, Academic Achievement, Dietetics, Nutrition
Relationships between the Use of Test Results and US Students' Academic Performance
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Li, Hongli; Fortner, C. Kevin; Lei, Xiaoxuan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
In this study, we examined relationships between the use of test results and US students' math, reading, and science performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Based on a literature review, we hypothesized that the 16 items in the PISA school questionnaire, which are related to the use of test results, can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tests, Evaluation Utilization, Mathematics Achievement
The Gap between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Students in Science Achievement in South African Secondary Schools
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Howie, Sarah; Scherman, Vanessa; Venter, Elsie – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
South Africa's education system is still deep in the throes of reform under its third Minister of Education since 1994. Poor communities, in particular those of rural Africans, bear the brunt of the past inequalities. The challenge was to explore the extent of the "gap" in students' scores by comparing the advantaged and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools, Science Tests, Least Squares Statistics
A Science Educator's and a Psychologists' Perspective on Research about Science Anxiety.
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Westerback, Mary E.; Primavera, Louis H. – 1992
This document reviews the research related to students' and teachers' anxiety related to science and the teaching of science in order to better understand the relationships between the variables that can predict this phenomenon. The research reports reviewed used either the Science State Trait Anxiety Inventory or the Science Teaching State Trait…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education