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Alghamdi, Abdulmonem – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of cooperative learning instruction, specifically by using the Jigsaw instructional strategy on science achievement and attitudes towards science among 11th grade students. Based upon previous research literature, it was hypothesized that significant differences existed on gains between general…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Males, High School Students
Birmingham, Elizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of learning various types of words in biology on students' reading comprehension, vocabulary performance, and science content knowledge. The study involved 315 ninth grade biology students who were placed in one of four groups and spent two weeks for ten minutes per day working on independent…
Descriptors: Biology, High School Students, Science Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Beckley, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many college students struggle with first-semester general chemistry. Prior studies have shown that a student's prior knowledge of chemistry, a cognitive factor, does not account for the total variance when measured by examination scores. This study explored the role of self-regulated learning (SRL) to identify the degree of success or failure of…
Descriptors: College Students, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Prior Learning
DeWeese, Sean Vincent – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was conducted to examine the differences in high school biology achievement and student affect towards teacher and content from the use of individualized correctives as part of mastery learning. An experimental pretest-posttest with control group design was used during the fall 2011 semester. Over a thirteen-week period, 99 students in…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, High School Students, Science Achievement
AL-Sarrani, Nauaf – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to obtain Science faculty concerns and professional development needs to adopt blended learning in their teaching at Taibah University. To answer these two research questions the survey instrument was designed to collect quantitative and qualitative data from close-ended and open-ended questions. The participants'…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Technical Support, Academic Rank (Professional), Women Faculty