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Self-Efficacy, Reasoning Ability, and Achievement in College Biology
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Lawson, Anton E.; Banks, Debra L.; Logvin, Marshall – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study compared the relationships of self-efficacy and reasoning ability to achievement in introductory college biology. Based on the hypothesis that developing formal and postformal reasoning ability is a primary factor influencing self-efficacy, a significant positive correlation was predicted between reasoning ability and degree of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Intellectual Development, Correlation, Biology
An Evaluation of Children's Performance on Certain Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Aspects of the Systems and Subsystems Unit of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study Elementary Science Program
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Allen, Leslie R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973
The third-year evaluation results of an investigation extending through grade six. Studied performance of the same population, appearing in two previous evaluations, with sex, socioeconomic status, and maturity taken into account. Indicated third grade Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) children were superior to non-SCIS controls in both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Research
Evaluation of an Attempt to Teach Scientific Inquiry and Criticism in a Working Class High School
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Case, Robbie; Fry, Cathy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973
Studied performance of 15 low-socio-economic-status 14 year olds in learning controlled-experiment design and evaluation, and indicated that experimental subjects significantly outperformed matched controls. (CC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Correlations among Cognitive Development, Intelligence Quotient, and Achievement of High School Biology Students.
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Marek, Edmund A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1981
Provides evidence to support the conclusion that relationships exist among Piagetian levels of intellectual development, intelligence quotient, content achievement, and inquiry skills in ninth and tenth grade biology students (N=92). (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Development, Grade 10