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Newhouse, Christopher Paul – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
The well-being of modern economies and societies is increasingly requiring citizens to possess capabilities in integrating knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering and science to solve problems. However, by the end of schooling, the majority of Australian students show little interest in these discipline areas and have no plans to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Learner Engagement, National Curriculum
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Liu, Chia-Ju; Shen, Ming-Hsun – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
This study investigated the students' learning process of the concept of concentration at the elementary school level in Taiwan. The influence of different representational types on the process of proportional reasoning was also explored. The participants included nineteen third-grade and eighteen fifth-grade students. Eye-tracking technology was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Eye Movements, Foreign Countries, Human Body
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Sahin, Mehmet – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
This study investigated the effects of problem-based learning on students' beliefs about physics and physics learning and conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics. The study further examines the relationship between students' beliefs about physics and their conceptual understanding of mechanics concepts. Participants were 124 Turkish…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Mechanics (Physics), Correlation, Calculus
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Chang, Chun-Yen – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2001
Explores the effects of a Problem-based Computer-Assisted Instruction (PBCAI) on students' earth science achievement in Taiwan. One hundred and fifty-nine 10th grade students enrolled in four sections of a mandatory earth science course participated in this pretest- posttest control group experiment. A significant difference was found between the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Grade 10