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Nurnberg, Denae – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Writing-to-Learn in High-School Chemistry: The Effects of Using the Science Writing Heuristic to Increase Scientific Literacy The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) as an instructional tool to improve academic achievement and writing in the context of scientific literacy. This…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Pretests Posttests, Science Instruction, Heuristics
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Shamuganathana, Sheila; Karpudewan, Mageswary – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Existing studies report on the importance of instilling environmental literacy among students from an early stage of schooling to enable them to adopt more pro-environmental behaviors in the near future. This quasi-experimental study was designed to compare the level of environmental literacy among two groups of students: the experimental group (N…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Environmental Education, Scientific Literacy
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Anggrianto, Desi; Churiyah, Madziatul; Arief, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This research was conducted in order to know the effect of Logan Avenue Problem Solving (LAPS)-Heuristic learning model towards critical thinking skills of students of class X Office Administration (APK) in SMK Negeri 1 Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on material curve and equilibrium of demand and supply, subject Introduction to Economics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Merriman, William E.; Kutlesic, Vesna – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1993
In this study, 36 Serbian/English bilinguals and 42 English monolinguals (aged 5-8 years) received a successive name training assessment of 2heuristics: criterial use of highlighted features and preservation of mutual exclusivity. Results support the view that monolingual and bilingual acquisition fosters the development of different word learning…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Heuristics, Language Proficiency