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Direct linkMupira, Pio; Ramnarain, Umesh – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Due to apartheid policies, Black African learners in South Africa have been severely disadvantaged in school science. Despite policy changes to redress these historical imbalances, Black African learners continue to underperform in science. Previous research has identified motivation as a key factor that impacts performance. Achievement goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Disadvantaged Schools, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Ebenezer, Jazlin; Chacko, Sheela; Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Koya, Satya Kiran; Ebenezer, Devairakkam Luke – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) lesson sequence, an intervention based both in conceptual change theory and in Phenomenography, a subset of conceptual change theory. A mixed approach was used to investigate whether this model had a significant effect on 7th grade students'…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Science Achievement, Achievement Tests
Hewson, Mariana G.; Hewson, Peter W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
One of the factors affecting students' learning in science is their existing knowledge prior to instruction. The students' prior knowledge provides an indication of the alternative conceptions as well as the scientific conceptions possessed by the students. This study is concerned primarily with students' alternative conceptions and with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Scientific Concepts, Experimental Groups
