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Gok, Tolga – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Problem-Solving Strategy Steps (PSSS) on students' achievement, skill, and confidence. The study was conducted in a two-year college classroom with 70 students from two different groups enrolled in a physics course. One of them was randomly selected as an experimental group (EG) and the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Educational Strategies, Skill Development, Self Efficacy
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Parveen, Qaisara; Batool, Sadia – International Education Studies, 2012
The aim of the study was to explore the effects of cooperative learning on General Science achievement among 9th class students. Based upon previous research literature it was hypothesized that significant difference existed between the mean posttest scores of General Science achievement of experimental group and control group. The pretest…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement
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Salinas, Moises F.; Kane-Johnson, Sarah E.; Vasil-Miller, Melissa A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of achievement tests to measure long-term learning at the higher education level in traditional verses learner-centered classrooms. Volunteer instructors who use comprehensive achievement tests as an important component of their grading system were asked to complete an instrument that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Learner Controlled Instruction, Active Learning, Conventional Instruction
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Bilgin, Ibrahim; Geban, Omer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the cooperative learning approach based on conceptual change conditions over traditional instruction on 10th grade students' conceptual understanding and achievement of computational problems related to chemical equilibrium concepts. The subjects of this study consisted of 87 tenth grade…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Concept Formation, Chemistry, Conventional Instruction