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Sarah Alturkustani; Ashley Durfee; Olivia F. O'Leary; Siobhain M. O'Mahony; Conor O'Mahony; Mutahira Lone; Andreea Factor – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
Anatomy is fundamental to medical disciplines. However, its complexity can be challenging to learners, and traditional anatomy teaching may not be easily accessible. Virtual Reality has the potential to supplement anatomy education, but its effectiveness depends on students' willingness to accept it. This study aimed to measure students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Anatomy, Electronic Learning
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Liu, Qingtang; Ma, Jingjing; Yu, Shufan; Wang, Qiyun; Xu, Suxiao – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2023
The microscopic composition of substances is a piece of essential but abstract knowledge in chemistry. Junior high school students may experience difficulty in mental representation when learning micro concepts, which leads to problems such as unsatisfactory academic performance and low learning motivation. Augmented reality (AR) is an optimal…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 9, Scientific Concepts
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Koca, Mehmet; Türkoglu, Ismail – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2022
In this study, it is aimed to determine the opinions of secondary school students about educational robotics applications. The case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The research was carried out with 7th grade students of two different secondary schools in the Battalgazi district of Malatya province…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Opinions, Computer Attitudes
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Manik R. Reddy; Nils G. Walter; Yulia V. Sevryugina – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The effective and responsible educational application of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools constitutes an active area of exploration. This study describes and assesses the implementation of a structured, GenAI-assisted scientific essay writing assignment in nucleic acid biochemistry. Briefly, students created,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Assignments, Biochemistry
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Prima, EkaCahya; Putri, Aldia Ridwani; Rustaman, Nuryani – Journal of Science Learning, 2018
This research investigated the implementation of PhET simulation on students' understanding and motivation in learning the Solar system. The method used in this research was quasi-experimental with matching pretest-posttest group design. The research conducted in one of private Junior High School located at Padalarang, Indonesia with a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Private Schools, Computer Simulation
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Hechter, Richard; Vermette, Laurie Anne – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2014
This paper examines the technology integration practices of Manitoban K-12 inservice science educators based on the Technological, Pedagogical, and Content knowledge (TPACK) framework. Science teachers (n = 433) completed a 10-item online survey regarding pedagogical beliefs about technology integration, types of technology used, and how often…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Ercan, Orhan; Bilen, Kadir; Ural, Evrim – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This study investigated the impact of a web-based teaching method on students' academic achievement and attitudes in the elementary education fifth grade Science and Technology unit, "System of Earth, Sun and Moon". The study was a quasi-experimental study with experimental and control groups comprising 54 fifth grade students attending…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Academic Achievement
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Saritas, M. T. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The meaningful knowledge creation about molecular geometry has always been the challenge of chemistry learning. In particular, microscopic world of chemistry science (example, atoms, molecules, structures) used in traditional two dimensional way of chemistry teaching can lead to such problem as students create misconceptions. In recent years,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Computer Attitudes, Technology Integration
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Wang, Ya-Ling; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Wei, Shih-Hsuan – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study aimed to investigate the factors accounting for science teaching self-efficacy and to examine the relationships among Taiwanese teachers' science teaching self-efficacy, teaching and learning conceptions, technological--pedagogical content knowledge for the Internet (TPACK-I), and attitudes toward Internet-based instruction (Attitudes)…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
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Evrim Ural; Orhan Ercan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015
Current study aimed to examine the effects of web-based instructional material enriched by concept maps, the academic achievement of 7th graders in "Structure and Properties of Matter" unit. The study utilized a quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest control group design. A sample of the study was composed of 58 students.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Web Sites, Concept Mapping, Scientific Concepts
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Willshire, Michael – School Science Review, 2013
In a relatively short space of time, classrooms have become full of computers, gadgets and electronic devices. Technology will only continue to become more sophisticated, more efficient and more abundant in schools. But how desirable is this technological revolution and to what extent should it develop? To measure the effectiveness and popularity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Doyle, Helen; Reading, Chris – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
It's time to prepare teachers to take the plunge to teach in virtual worlds. Students are already there and their teachers need to follow. Unfortunately, teachers are often resistant to change their teaching practice, especially regarding the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as virtual worlds. The authors report on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Regan, Tim – School Science Review, 2010
In order to understand the realistic use and impact of ICT on physics teaching in Ireland, a survey was used to gather information on teacher attitudes, confidence and concerns. Practical problems in the regular use of ICT affect some more than others. Factors such as availability of equipment and time to learn new skills (and interest in those…
Descriptors: Physics, Computer Uses in Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald; Tyler-Wood, Tandra; Gibson, David – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the changes that were found to occur pre- to post intervention in students' cognitive structures (Mills, 2013; Knezek, Christensen, Tyler-Wood, & Periathiruvadi, 2013) continued to persist two years later. Major findings were: a) semantic perception of science and STEM as a career became more…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Hands on Science, Science Instruction, Cognitive Processes
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Yaman, Melek; Graf, Dittmar – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
At the beginning of the 21st century, virtual learning was thought to have the potential to revolutionize learning arrangements. This enthusiastic notion has given way to a kind of disillusionment, which has, however, led to a more realistic assessment of the potential of e-learning, the development of new conceptions, new methodical approaches,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Biology, Teaching Methods
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