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Direct linkSharma, Runaaz; Sharma, Lalesh Ram – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2017
Scientific literacy education is undermined in literacy education in Fiji. Despite being a critical component of literacy education, scientific literacy is given lip service in the primary school curriculum. Scientific literacy is a critical 21st century skill for all citizens. This conceptual paper argues for an explicit emphasis on scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Çoruhlu, Tülay Senel; Nas, Sibel Er – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of project-based learning environments on 4th class students' conceptual understanding of recycling. The case study method was used in this study. The effects of project-supported learning environments on students' conceptual understanding were investigated. The sample group of the study…
Descriptors: Recycling, Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Student Projects
Güngör, Sema Nur; Özkan, Muhlis – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
The aim of this study is to teach enzymes, which are one of the biology subjects in understanding which students have a big difficulty, to pre-service teachers through POE method in the case of catalase, which is an oxidoreductase. Descriptive analysis method was employed in this study in which 38 second grade pre-service teachers attending Uludag…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Preservice Teachers, Laboratory Experiments
Maxwell, Deborah O.; Lambeth, Dawn T.; Cox, J. T. – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2015
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) on the academic achievement, attitudes, and engagement of fifth-grade science students. Participants were from two science classes (N = 42). The experimental group received IBL instruction, while the control group received traditional instruction. Pretests and…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Achievement, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
Fadzil, Hidayah Mohd; Saat, Rohaida Mohd – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2014
This paper discusses the contributing factors that influence students' acquisition of manipulative skills. Incompetence in manipulative skills in science at a primary level may impede science learning at secondary school. Thus, to confront these issues, an in-depth study was conducted. The research involved 10 primary school students who were…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Psychomotor Skills, Science Education, Interviews
Dhanapal, Saroja; Lim, Cally Cheng Yee – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
The increasing awareness among educators around the world on the specialities of indoor and outdoor learning in enhancing students' academic performance and development of skills and attitudes influenced the purposes and background of this research study (Fagerstam, 2012; Jordet, 2010; Martin, 2010; Rickinson et al., 2004). Two key purposes…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Standards, Elementary School Students
Chen, Yueh-Yun; Lu, Chow-Chin; Sung, Chia-Chi – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
Nanotechnology is an emerging science that involved in different fields. This research inquired elementary school students' learning effect by using quasi-experiment, expositive-teaching and experiential-teaching methods for nanotechnology in the microcosmic world. By utilized the pretest "Nanotechnology Situational Questionnaire (NSQ)",…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Cognitive Development
Inel, Didem; Balim, Ali Gunay – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of the problem-based learning method used in science and technology teaching upon elementary school students' construction levels for the concepts concerning the "Systems in Our Body" unit in the science and technology course and their academic achievement. To this end, during the four-week…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Research Design
Aktamis, Hilal; Ergin, Omer – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of teaching scientific process skills education to students to promote their scientific creativity, attitudes towards science, and achievements in science. The research includes a pre-test post-test research model with a control group. The subjects of the research consist of 40 students reading…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Creativity, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals)
