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Motivating Students with Authentic Science Experiences: Changes in Motivation for School Science
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Hellgren, Jenny M.; Lindberg, Stina – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2017
Background: Students' motivation for science declines over the early teenage years, and students often find school science difficult and irrelevant to their everyday lives. This paper asks whether creating opportunities to connect school science to authentic science can have positive effects on student motivation. Purpose: To understand how…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Values, Beliefs
Development of Analytical Thinking Ability and Attitudes towards Science Learning of Grade-11 Students through Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM Education) in the Study of Stoichiometry
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Chonkaew, Patcharee; Sukhummek, Boonnak; Faikhamta, Chatree – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the analytical thinking abilities and attitudes towards science learning of grade-11 students through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education integrated with a problem-based learning in the study of stoichiometry. The research tools consisted of a pre- and post-analytical…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Ability, Student Attitudes
Connecting the STEM Dots: Measuring the Effect of an Integrated Engineering Design Intervention
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Hernandez, Paul R.; Bodin, Ralph; Elliott, Jonathan W.; Ibrahim, Badaruddin; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Chen, Thomas W.; de Miranda, Michael A. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2014
Recent publications have elevated the priority of increasing the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content for K-12 education. The STEM education community must invest in the development of valid and reliable to scales to measure STEM content, knowledge fusion, and perceptions of the nature of STEM. This brief…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering Education, Design, Integrated Curriculum
The Impact of Problem-Based Learning on Engineering Students' Beliefs about Physics and Conceptual Understanding of Energy and Momentum
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Sahin, Mehmet – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on freshmen engineering students' beliefs about physics and physics learning (referred to as epistemological beliefs) and conceptual understanding of physics. The multiple-choice test of energy and momentum concepts and the Colorado learning attitudes about…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Based Learning, Physics, Foreign Countries
The Effects of Problem-Based Active Learning in Science Education on Students' Academic Achievement, Attitude and Concept Learning
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Tandogan, Ruhan Ozkardes; Orhan, Akinoglu – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of problem-based active learning in science education on students' academic achievement and concept learning. In the study, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized. Quantitative data were obtained via the pre/post-test, treatment-control groups test model. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Teaching Methods
The Effects of Problem-Based Active Learning in Science Education on Students' Academic Achievement, Attitude and Concept Learning
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Akinoglu, Orhan; Tandogan, Ruhan Özkardes – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of problem-based active learning in science education on students' academic achievement and concept learning. In the study, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized. Quantitative data were obtained via the pre/post-test, treatment-control groups test model. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Teaching Methods