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Yorek, Nurettin; Sahin, Mehmet; Aydin, Halil – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
This study investigated the characteristics students use in attributing value to and classifying the living things; the relational construction of the life concepts and the living things and the place of human in this construction. Participants were first-year high school students from seven schools in Izmir (a large western city in Turkey). An…
Descriptors: Interviews, Classification, Foreign Countries, Quality of Life
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Yang, Jie Chi; Lin, Yi Lung – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
When using mobile devices in support of learning activities, students gain mobility, but problems arise when group members share information. The small size of the mobile device screen becomes problematic when it is being used by two or more students to share and exchange information. This problem affects interactions among group members. To…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Pretests Posttests, Achievement Tests
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Barman, Charles R.; Stein, Mary; Barman, Natalie S.; McNair, Shannan – Science and Children, 2003
Last fall, "Science and Children" invited kindergarten to grade eight teachers to participate in a study investigating students' ideas about plants and plant growth (Barman et al. 2002). Two hundred twenty-seven individuals from 16 states in the United States, one U.S. Territory, and one Canadian Province responded to this invitation and…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Teachers