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Aypay, Ahmet; Erdogan, Mehmet; Sozer, Mehmet A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences among schools using student responses in the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study-1999 (TIMSS-99) data. Schools were classified into two groups based on eighth grade students' overall achievement in science. Two different discriminant function analyses were performed to distinguish…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Projection Equipment, Discriminant Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Crawford, Teresa – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The purpose of this study was twofold. One purpose was to identify the locally negotiated literate practices that defined ways of communicating information and knowledge across the curriculum in a fourth/fifth grade classroom. Through an ethnographic and sociolinguistic set of analyses, this investigation illustrated how the teacher worked to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Literacy, Grade 4
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Enyedy, Noel; Goldberg, Jennifer – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
In this study, we seek a better understanding of how individuals and their daily interactions shape and reshape social structures that constitute a classroom community. Moreover, we provide insight into how discourse and classroom interactions shape the nature of a learning community, as well as which aspects of the classroom culture may be…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Interaction, Educational Change, Science Education