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Direct linkWong, Seng Yue; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science Education, 2021
The objective of this study was to explore the relationships between academic hardiness in science, conceptions of learning science, and science learning self-efficacy among Malaysian middle school students. The respondents were 320 eighth-grade students from two selected Malaysian middle schools. Three questionnaires were used for this survey:…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade 8, Science Education
Li, Siqi; Liu, Xiufeng; Yang, Yang; Tripp, Jennifer – Research in Science Education, 2022
Science classroom learning environment (CLE) and science teacher professional development (PD) are two important factors in students' science learning. However, the nature of the science CLE and school-level PD that promotes students' science achievement remains unclear. Using the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 data, this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Classroom Environment, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
Lau, Kwok-Chi; Ho, Sui-Chu Esther – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study analyzes how students' reported teaching practices of their teachers and their attitudes towards science are related to the science achievements of four high-performing countries/economies in PISA 2015: Hong Kong, China, Canada, and Finland. A study of these regions can shed light on the commonalities of and differences between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement, High Achievement
Arneson, Jessie B.; Offerdahl, Erika G. – Research in Science Education, 2023
Current initiatives to transform undergraduate STEM education in the United States advocate for the use of multidimensional learning, wherein instruction provides opportunities for students to gain competency with fundamental or cross-disciplinary concepts and practices. To achieve this goal, the discipline-based education research (DBER)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, STEM Education, Science Tests, Science Achievement
Cheng, Meng-Fei; Wu, Tsung-Yu; Lin, Shu-Fen – Research in Science Education, 2021
Understanding scientific models and practicing scientific modeling have been emphasized and advocated in science learning. Although teachers have been perceived as shaping their students' understanding of the nature of science, they have been recognized for their lack of understanding of scientific models. This study explores middle school science…
Descriptors: Correlation, Models, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Hrin, Tamara N.; Fahmy, Ameen F. M.; Segedinac, Mirjana D.; Milenkovic, Dušica D. – Research in Science Education, 2016
Many studies dedicated to the teaching and learning of organic chemistry courses have emphasized that high school students have shown significant difficulties in mastering the concepts of this discipline. Therefore, the aim of our study was to help students to overcome these difficulties by applying systemic synthesis questions, [SSynQs], as the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Control Groups, Teaching Methods
Choi, Aeran; Hand, Brian; Greenbowe, Thomas – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study aimed to examine the written arguments developed by college freshman students using the Science Writing Heuristic approach in inquiry-based general chemistry laboratory classrooms and its relationships with students' achievement in chemistry courses. Fourteen freshman students participated in the first year of the study while 19…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Assignments, College Freshmen, Heuristics
