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Upahi, Johnson E.; Ramnarain, Umesh – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
Open-ended problem-solving skills have been identified as employable skills, which undergraduate students will need to have in order to cope with real-life problems in their workplaces after graduation. However, the development and assessment of these skills have been inconsistent across courses offered in universities. This research examined…
Descriptors: Correlation, Short Term Memory, Difficulty Level, Problem Solving
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Ye, Lu; Yuan, Yuqing – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Non-cognitive factors are considered critical aspects in shaping students' academic achievement. This study aims to analyze and explore the mechanisms of the influence of noncognitive factors on 15-year-old students' abilities in China and the United States. Based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 education dataset,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Vesna D. Milanovic; Dragica D. Trivic – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
The aim of this research was to explore students' ideas about chemical reactions and difficulties in understanding the law of conservation of mass in such reactions by using an approach that started from presentations of scientists' work associated with the law. The developed test items relied on: 1) the historical contents that illustrate the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Difficulty Level, Test Items