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Identification and Assessment of Taiwanese Children's Conceptions of Learning Mathematics
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Chiu, Mei-Shiu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
The aim of the present study was to identify children's conceptions of learning mathematics and to assess the identified conceptions. Children's conceptions are identified by interviewing 73 grade 5 students in Taiwan. The interviews are analyzed using qualitative data analysis methods, which results in a structure of 5 major conceptions, each…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Qualitative Research, Mathematics Achievement, Construct Validity
Epistemological Beliefs in Science: An Exploratory Study of Lebanese University Students' Epistemologies
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Rizk, Nadya; Jaber, Lama; Halwany, Sarah; BouJaoude, Saouma – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
Beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing have been investigated extensively in educational and developmental psychology research. Hofer's framework on personal epistemology is adopted in the present study for assessing Lebanese university students' epistemologies of science. Participants were 213 students in their first year of…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Interviews, Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology
The Dynamics of Learning Science in Everyday Contexts: A Case Study of Everyday Science Class in Korea
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Kim, Mijung; Yoon, Heesook; Ji, Young Rae; Song, Jinwoong – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
With recognition of the importance of scientific literacy for the nation and yet the increasing students' disinterest in science through school science curriculum, the Korea Science Foundation launched an innovative program called "Everyday Science Class (ESC)" in partnership with universities and local government offices in 2003. In…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Local Government
Promoting Students' Conceptual Understanding of Plant Defense Responses Using the Fighting Plant Learning Unit (FPLU)
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Nantawanit, Nantawan; Panijpan, Bhinyo; Ruenwongsa, Pintip – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
Most students think animals are more interesting than plants as a study topic believing that plants are inferior to animals because they are passive and unable to respond to external challenges, particularly biological invaders such as microorganisms and insect herbivores. The purpose of this study was to develop an inquiry-based learning unit,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Majors (Students), Concept Mapping, Animals
First Year Implementation of a Project-Based Learning Approach: The Need for Addressing Teachers' Orientations in the Era of Reform
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Rogers, Meredith A. Park; Cross, Dionne I.; Gresalfi, Melissa Sommerfeld; Trauth-Nare, Amy E.; Buck, Gayle A. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which three teachers' professional experience and existing orientations toward teaching and learning mathematics and science influenced their implementation of a project-based curriculum (i.e. project-based learning (PBL)). Data sources included interviews, videotapes of classroom activity,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Student Projects, Active Learning, Educational Change
A Case Study of Elementary Beginning Mathematics Teachers' Efficacy Development
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Chang, Yu-Liang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
The main purpose of this research was to explore the developmental process of and possible changes in beginning elementary mathematics teachers' efficacy. Beginning teachers with and without mathematics and science backgrounds were also compared to explore differences in their efficacy development. A multiple-case study method with a process and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis