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Kotoka, Love; Kriek, Jeanne – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Learners underperform in stoichiometry as they lack conceptual reasoning of the underlying concepts and the ability to solve stoichiometric problems. Therefore, it was necessary to determine if there is a statistical correlation between problem-solving skills and conceptual reasoning in stoichiometry and if so, whether one can significantly…
Descriptors: Prediction, Correlation, Science Instruction, Chemistry
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Balci, Özgül; Kartal, Galip – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine the effect of a new vocabulary revision technique "peer-chain" developed by the researchers on vocabulary learning and retention among English as a foreign language (EFL) university students. A total of 46 participants (21 in the control group and 25 in the experimental group)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Software, Comparative Analysis
Cin Seker, Zeynep – Online Submission, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of Plickers, which is one of the Web 2.0 education tools, on success in affix-root teaching to 5th grade students. In the study, random design with pretest-posttest control group, which is one of the real trial models, was used. The study group of the study was determined by homogeneous sampling…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Morphemes, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Sagirli, Muhittin; Ates, Hatice Kadioglu – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine reading comprehension levels of fifth-grade elementary school students who learned to read and write for the first time with sound-based sentence method. The 2005 program changed the initial literacy learning method. Sentence method was replaced by sound-based sentence method in the initial literacy education.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Grade 5, Literacy Education
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Sagirli, Muhittin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study is the determination of reading comprehension levels of fifth grade's students who learned to read and write with the sentence method. With the program of 2005, it has been amended in the first reading and writing method. In the teaching of first reading and writing, it was passed to the sentence method instead of sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Chen, Ching-Huei; Liu, Jun-Han; Shou, Wen-Chuan – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
Although educational games have become prevalent in recent research, only a limited number of studies have considered learners' learning behaviors while playing a science problem-solving game. Introducing a competitive element to game-based learning is promising; however, research has produced ambiguous results, indicating that more studies should…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Maltepe, Sadet – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Critical reading refers to individuals' thinking about what they read, assessing what they have read, and using their own judgment about what they have read. In order to teach critical reading skills to students, a teacher is expected to have knowledge about text selection, use of appropriate methods, preparation of functional…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Turkish
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Olori, Abiola Lateef; Igbosanu, Adekunle Olusegun – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study was carried out to determine the use of computer-based multimedia presentation on Senior Secondary School Students' Achievement in Agricultural Science. The study was a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test control group research design type, using intact classes. A sample of eighty (80) Senior Secondary School One (SS II) students was…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Turgut, Umit; Colak, Alp; Salar, Riza – European Journal of Physics Education, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the course materials developed in accordance with 7E model in the unit of electromagnetism in high school physics class on students' conceptual success. The present study was conducted with a total of 52 11th grade students in two separate classrooms at a high school. The action research…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
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Nejad, Ferdows Mohsen; Khosravian, Fereshteh – English Language Teaching, 2014
The present study examined the reliability of an achievement test to measure the efficacy of task-based writing activities to improve Iranian EFL learners' reading comprehension at the intermediate level in a private language institute in Ilam, Iran, namely Alefba language institute. To achieve the goal, the techniques for evaluating reliability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Test Reliability, Writing Assignments
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Atalay, Özlem; Kahveci, Nihat Gürel – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This experimental study examines the effects of Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM) on 4th grade elementary gifted and talented students' academic achievement, creativity and critical thinking (Control Group N= 10, Experimental Group N= 11) in the social studies classroom context, in Istanbul, Turkey. Integrated Curriculum Model was utilized to…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Models, Grade 4, Gifted
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Gambari, Amosa Isiaka; Yusuf, Hamdalat Taiwo; Balogun, Sherifat Adepeju – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
This paper discusses importance of technology education and evidence of declining performance of junior secondary school students in basic technology subject. Benefits of PowerPoint presentation in classroom instruction as a means to improve classroom teaching in the developing countries are also discussed. The effectiveness of PowerPoint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Brooks, Thomas; O'Malley, Kimberly; Ragland, Shelley; Young, Michael; Kirkpatrick, Rob – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors compared the performance of third-grade students testing on answer sheets with those testing on machine-scored test booklets. The 1,832 students in the nationally representative sample were assigned at the campus level to complete the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition in 1 of 4 conditions: (a) Form A answer sheet, (b)…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Answer Sheets, Performance Based Assessment, Test Scoring Machines
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Abdu-Raheem, B. O. – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
This study investigated the effects of problem-solving method of teaching on secondary school students' achievement and retention in Social Studies. The study adopted the quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, control group design. The sample for the study consisted of 240 Junior Secondary School Class II students randomly selected from six…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement
Erickson, Kristyanna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The developmental sequence of mathematics courses in most 2-year and 4-year colleges is designed to prepare students to succeed in college-level math courses. That is, students must complete this sequence in order to progress to courses such as statistics, college algebra, precalculus, calculus, and differential equations. Research on the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Developmental Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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