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Gladushyna, Olesya; Strietholt, Rolf; Steinmann, Isa – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2021
The paper uses data from the combined TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) and PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) assessment in 2011 to explore the subject-specific strengths and weaknesses among fourth grade students worldwide. Previous research came to the conclusion that students only differed in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Reading Achievement
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Salar, Riza; Turgut, Umit – Science Education International, 2021
The learning characteristics of each student are different. Differentiated instruction considers individual differences, as such guides the learning journey rather than seeing these differences as a challenge. The purpose of this research was to compare the effects of differentiated instruction and 5E learning cycle in physics classes on the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Pretests Posttests
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Martínez Agudo, Juan de Dios – Language and Education, 2021
The few studies conducted to date on the affective dimension of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) have predominantly focused on the relationship between motivation and language attainment, which points to a need for further investigation. To this end, this cross-sectional study aims at researching the degree of correlation between…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Secondary School Students
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Heitmann, Patricia; Hecht, Martin; Schwanewedel, Julia; Schipolowski, Stefan – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The ability to build arguments is a crucial skill and a central educational goal in all school subjects including science as it enables students to formulate reasoned opinions and thus to cope with the increasing complexity of knowledge. In the present cross-sectional study, we examined the domain-specificity of argumentative writing in science by…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Secondary School Students, Correlation
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Chiu, Ming Ming; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Mcbride-Chang, Catherine – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
We examined whether strategies of memorization, transfer through elaboration, and metacognition accounted for reading, science, and mathematics achievement across 34 countries. 158,848 fifteen-year-olds completed a reading literacy test and a questionnaire. Of these students, 88,401 completed a science test, and 88,590 completed a mathematics…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Sciences, Foreign Countries