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Zambian Secondary School Pre-Service Science Teachers' Pedagogical Orientations and Beliefs about Science Teaching
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Nyirenda, Euginia Mukhala – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed methods study was fourfold: examine the pre-service science teachers' pedagogical orientations about science teaching; examine the pre-service science teachers' beliefs about science teaching; establish the extent to which the pre-service science teachers' pedagogical orientations correlate with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Student Attitudes
Examine Middle School Students' Constructivist Environment Perceptions in Turkey: School Location and Class Size
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Yigit, Nevzat; Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Cinemre, Yasin; Balcin, Bilal – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2017
This study aims to examine the middle school students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment in the science course in Turkey in terms of school location and class size. In the study the Assessing of Constructivist Learning Environment (ACLE) questionnaire was utilized to map students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Examine Middle School Students' Constructivist Environment Perceptions in Turkey: School Location and Class Size
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Yigit, Nevzat; Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Cinemre, Yasin; Balcin, Bilal – Online Submission, 2017
This study aims to examine the middle school students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment in the science course in Turkey in terms of school location and class size. In the study the Assessing of Constructivist Learning Environment (ACLE) questionnaire was utilized to map students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Prior Learning in Biology at High School Does Not Predict Performance in the First Year at University
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Bone, Elisa K.; Reid, Robert J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Students in their first year of university face a number of transition issues that can make realising their academic potential difficult. In the sciences, first-year courses cover a large amount of material across broad subject areas, which can make them troublesome for students without background knowledge, and students need to adapt to typically…
Descriptors: High Schools, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Course Content
Unintended Consequences: How Science Professors Discourage Women of Color
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Johnson, Angela C. – Science Education, 2007
This study examined how 16 Black, Latina, and American Indian women science students reacted to their undergraduate science classes. I focused on the meanings they made of the common features of university science documented by Seymour and Hewitt (1997), including large, competitive, fast-paced classes, poor teaching, and an unsupportive culture.…
Descriptors: Females, Enrichment Activities, American Indians, Student Attitudes
Of Primary Interest, 1995-1998.
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Fielden, Frank, Ed. – Of Primary Interest, 1998
This document is comprised of twelve consecutive issues (1995-1998) of a newsletter published quarterly to provide information on current research and practice to early childhood professionals teaching in the primary grades in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and Montana. The Winter 1995 issue focuses on necessary conditions for math/science…
Descriptors: Class Size, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy