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Hamer, Jessica M. M.; Kemp, Peter E. J.; Wong, Billy; Copsey-Blake, Meggie – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Despite being in a digital age, the diversity of young people choosing to study and work in computing is of ongoing concern, especially low numbers of girls. This paper aims to determine the profile of students who are more likely to aspire to be computer scientists and provide insights into the key factors that shape their aspirations in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration
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Eliasson, Nina; Sørensen, Helene; Karlsson, Karl Göran – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
We show that boys still have a greater access to the space for interaction in science classrooms, which is unexpected since in Sweden today girls perform better in these subjects than boys. Results from video-recorded verbal communication, referred to here as "interaction," show that the distribution of teacher-student interaction in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Science Instruction, Gender Differences
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Hsieh, Wen-Min; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This cross-sectional study explored students' conceptions of science learning via drawing analysis. A total of 906 Taiwanese students in 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grade were asked to use drawing to illustrate how they conceptualise science learning. Students' drawings were analysed using a coding checklist to determine the presence or absence…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Positive Attitudes