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Acar, Ömer – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
A science achievement model was separately investigated for students in low and high achieving schools (LAS and HAS) in Turkey. Then, gender differences based on variables that significantly contributed to each achievement model were investigated. The student-level variables that were under investigation for multiple regression analyses include…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Metacognition
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Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph; Lavonen, Jari; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Broda, Michael; Spicer, Justina; Bruner, Justin; Moeller, Julia; Linnansaari, Janna; Juuti, Kalle; Viljaranta, Jaana – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This study explores how often students are engaged in their science classes and their affective states during these times, using an innovative methodology that records these experiences "in situ". Sampling a subset of high schools in the U.S. and Finland, we collected over 7,000 momentary responses from 344 students over the course of a…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, High School Students
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Johnson, Philip; Tymms, Peter – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Previously, a small scale, interview-based, 3-year longitudinal study (ages 11-14) in one school had suggested a learning progression related to the concept of a substance. This article presents the results of a large-scale, cross-sectional study which used Rasch modeling to test the hypothesis of the learning progression. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Chemistry, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries