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Zhang, Lina; Wang, Lei; Treagust, David F. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
Students' academic performance in chemistry can be the result of a number of cognitive and affective factors. This study explored the influence of the discipline-specific cognitive factors of knowledge structure, cognitive perspectives, and cognitive patterns on grade 9 students' chemistry performance. One instrument measured chemistry academic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Disciplines, Influences, Grade 9
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Wu, Ying-Tien – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study aims to provide insights into the role of learners' knowledge structures about a socio-scientific issue (SSI) in their informal reasoning on the issue. A total of 42 non-science major university students' knowledge structures and informal reasoning were assessed with multidimensional analyses. With both qualitative and…
Descriptors: College Students, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Logical Thinking
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Wu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This study investigated the relationship among 68 high school students' scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs), cognitive structures regarding nuclear power usage, and their informal reasoning regarding this issue. Moreover, the ability of students' SEBs as well as their cognitive structures for predicting their informal reasoning regarding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Nuclear Energy, Cognitive Processes, High School Students