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Gidele Gito Gizaw; Solomon Sorsa Sota – Science Education International, 2023
This paper aims to review and assess the strategies available in literature to improve the practices of science process skills (SPS) among students. SPS encompasses the mental and physical activities of students in collecting and organizing information and then using the information to make predictions, explain phenomena, solve problems,…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes
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Kibirige, Israel; Teffo, William Lesiba; Singh, Suresh – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
The study explored science teachers' perceptions of Scientific Investigations (SI) and their classroom practices in South Africa. An explanatory sequential design using qualitative and quantitative approaches was used. Qualitative data were collected first using interviews and classroom observations, followed by quantitative data using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Process Skills
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Kapici, Hasan Özgür; Costu, Fatma – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
One of the main courses that have been affected by instructional technology is science education since the nature of topics covered by the science curriculum may require the usage of technology to teach them better. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of virtual laboratories on the development of gifted children's…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Computer Simulation, Science Laboratories
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Zahra Hasani Yourdshahi; Kajsa Yang Hansen; Linda Borger – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2025
Background: Science skills play a crucial role in fostering economic development and technological innovation, making the enhancement of science education a global priority. Despite the recognized importance of teacher practices in enhancing equitable and effective learning, much of the research on their impact on student outcomes has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Secondary School Science
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Kanok-on Khampui; Kwanyuen Leamsamrong; Woottipong Rarat; Rattikan Sarnkong – Higher Education Studies, 2025
The purposes of this study were: To examine the effects of low-cost mini science experiment kits on Thai 6th graders' science learning achievement; To investigate how these kits impact Thai 6th graders' Science process skills; To explore their influence on Thai 6th graders' scientific mindset The participants were 111 sixth-grade students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
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Roth, Tamara; Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef; Mierdel, Julia; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
The integration of scientific modeling into science teaching is key to the development of students' understanding of complex scientific phenomena, such as genetics. With this in mind, we conducted an introductory hands-on module during an outreach gene technology laboratory on the structure of DNA. Our module examined the influence of two model…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Models
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Daniela Pahome – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2023
This study explores the importance of scientific observation in primary education, highlighting how the use of observation sheets can facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and the development of students' observation skills. In the research, 153 second-grade students were divided into three experimental groups, each group observing a woody plant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Hernandez-Matias, Liz; Pérez-Donato, Lizmar; Román, Pablo Llerandi; Laureano-Torres, Faviola; Calzada-Jorge, Natalia; Mendoza, Stephanie; Washington, A. Valance; Borrero, Michelle – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
Although multiple efforts have been initiated to increase students' science proficiency scores, most of the schools in the United States do not reach the expected student academic performance. This study addresses the impact of a one-week summer scientific learning experience on students that worked with experimental procedures and students that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Process Skills, Hands on Science, Summer Science Programs
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Chi, ShaoHui; Wang, Zuhao; Liu, Xiufeng – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Using many-facets Rasch measurement, this study aimed to detect and measure disciplinary context effects on student hands-on performance in terms of scientific inquiry competence. In Shanghai, China, a total of 251 eighth graders, from five junior high schools, participated in this study. The partial credit Rasch model was applied to help…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Grade 8, Science Process Skills
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Akay, Cenk; Kanadli, Sedat – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
There is a contradiction in the literature about the effect of REACT strategy on science achievement. This study aims to resolve this contradiction by determining the effect of REACT strategy on student science achievement and the factors affecting this strategy by integrating findings obtained from both qualitative and quantitative studies. The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Simpson, Tyler; Chiu, Yu-Chun; Richards-Babb, Michelle; Blythe, Jessica M.; Ku, Kang-Mo – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
Allelopathy plays crucial roles in invasive plant viability and agricultural production systems. However, there is no well-established hands-on learning activity to teach the concept of allelopathy. Nor is there an activity which allows students to gain knowledge about glucosinolates and their corresponding enzyme, myrosinase, which are present in…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Food, Plants (Botany), Hands on Science
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Omilani, Nathaniel A.; Akinyele, S. Akin; Durowoju, Tunde S.; Obideyi, Ebenezer Ifeoluw – Education 3-13, 2019
Basic Science and Technology is a subject that is based on the broad field curriculum which is the foundation for science education in Nigeria at the basic level of education. Pupils learning outcomes is usually limited to the assessment of their achievement in paper pencil test. Pupils' skills in carrying out scientific investigation and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving, Elementary School Science
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Koto, Irwan – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2020
This research aims at comparing the changes in factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge of heat transfer in learning science using YouTube videos accompanied by discovery learning among fifth graders. A pre-and post-test experimental design was conducted by two different groups. One of the groups was randomly assigned to conduct discovery…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Video Technology, Internet, Discovery Learning
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Bruck, Laura B. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
The intermolecular forces activity presented in this article is designed to foster concept-building through students' use of concrete, manipulative objects, and it was developed to be pedagogically sound. Data analysis via pre- and posttesting and subsequent exam questions indicated that students who had the opportunity to participate in the…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Science Activities, Mastery Learning, Concept Formation
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Whitworth, David E. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2016
Laboratory-based practical classes are a common feature of life science teaching, during which students learn how to perform experiments and generate/interpret data. Practical classes are typically instructional, concentrating on providing topic- and technique-specific skills, however to produce research-capable graduates it is also important to…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments, Biological Sciences
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