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Lihua Tan; Fu Chen; Bing Wei – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Through the lens of science capital, this research aims to detect the key factors and their main effects in identifying students with science-related career expectations. A machine learning approach (i.e., random forest) was employed to analyze a dataset of 519,334 15-year-old students from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
Descriptors: Science Education, STEM Careers, Expectation, Student Attitudes
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Brobst, Joseph; Markworth, Kimberly; Tasker, Tammy; Ohana, Chris – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
In this article, we report on the results of a study comparing the preparedness, content knowledge, and instructional practices of elementary science specialist (ESS) teachers with those of a matched sample of self-contained elementary teachers. Analysis of survey data collected for the two groups indicated that ESS teachers were more likely than…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge