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Tingting Li; Peng He; Lina Peng – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
This study validated an instrument for measuring student engagement in the context of Chinese science curriculum reforms. We adapted existing items from well-designed instruments with the context of science learning and formed the initial instrument of the Student Engagement in Science Learning (SESL) consisting of 20 items in four subscales,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learner Engagement, Science Education, Science Curriculum
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Lin, Lin; Song, Qianru; Wang, Jingying; Hu, Tao; Ping, Xiaomei; Ling, Yizhou – Science & Education, 2023
The history of science has a unique value to teaching, and textbooks play an important role in permeating the history of science in science courses. This study aims to compare the presentation of history of science in two versions of high school physics textbooks in China. We selected the 2019 edition of the national and local textbooks as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Physics, Science Curriculum
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Bing Wei; Jiayi Lin – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Three visions of scientific literacy have been discussed in the literature of science and chemistry education, but little is known of their embodiment in chemistry curricula. Grounded on the conjunction of the three visions of scientific literacy and the subject matter of chemistry, this study investigated the manifestation of scientific literacy…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Chemistry, High School Students
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Caiqin Han; Jiawen Xiang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
This study aims to analyze the alignment between Physics National Volume I test questions and physics curriculum standards as well as establishing a method of evaluating college entrance examination physics test questions using the Evaluation-Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (E-SEC) model. Firstly, Physics National Volume I from 2011 to 2020 was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, National Standards, Physics
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Eryong Xue; Jian Li – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Understanding the nature of science is conducive to establishing a correct view of science and understanding the connotation of science education and the nature of scientific inquiry. This study aims to contextualize the philosophy of science education from China's perspective. The value, goal, and content of science humanistic education,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education
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Yuze He – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2025
Chinese 2017 General High School Physics Curriculum Standards explicitly include understanding the nature of science (NOS) as core literacy for students. History, philosophy of science, and sociology of science (HPSS) education is an important way to promote students' understanding of the nature of science. In this context, this study analyzed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Physics
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Yew-Jin Lee; Dongsheng Wan – Educational Studies, 2024
Educators have long questioned why some students can experience achievement more easily in some school subjects/curriculum, but not in others. We argue that learners cannot ignore navigating two key features inherent within every curriculum--its cognitive demands as well as its opportunities for access to knowledge that are the twin foci of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Peiyao Tian; Yanhua Fan; Daner Sun; Yan Bai – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
This study utilized the SEC (Survey of Enacted Curriculum) method to examine the alignment between Chinese high school chemistry curriculum standards (HSCCS) and the assessment of 'Chemical Reaction Principles' in the National College Entrance Examinations (NCEEs). The HSCCS and NCEEs were coded into two-dimensional matrices separately using SPSS,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Secondary School Students, High School Students
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Wan, Dongsheng; Lee, Yew-Jin – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
The intended curriculum is arguably one of the most important components within any national educational system although those in primary science have not been subject to extensive research scrutiny. Based on reformed primary science curricula from Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan, we compared them on two key features: (1) levels of knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Cognitive Processes
Majewska, Dominika – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report presents a literature review that was conducted to answer the question -- what can be learned from high performing jurisdictions with respect to scientific literacy? The review intends to build a picture of the education systems, specifically science education, in the five jurisdictions which performed the best in the scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, High Achievement, Science Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Wan, Yanlan; Bi, Hualin – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
Science and technology play an important role in the development of human society. Thus, science education should reflect the trend of social development and prepare students to think about and make wise decisions on major social topics related to science. As an aspect of the societal dimension of science, socio-scientific topics (SSTs) have a…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Science Education
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Chen, Kai; Zhou, Jingming; Lin, Jiayi; Yang, Jing; Xiang, Jiamin; Ling, Yizhou – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The topic of chemistry safety was included at the margins of traditional chemistry education in China. In order to understand the concerns of the safety issues based on the new chemistry curriculum in the mainland China secondary school, this study analyzed old and new secondary chemistry curriculum standards via the Natural Language Processing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Safety
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Wei, Bing – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
In China, the latest version of the Senior High School Chemistry Curriculum (SHSCC) has been developed in response to social changes. This paper provides an account of the process and the product of the official document of this curriculum, "The Chemistry Curriculum Standards of Senior High School," with the purpose of exploring the way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Academic Standards
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Lu, Congcong; Zhang, Yonghe; Zhou, Chunhui; Jiao, Jianbin; Wu, Yirong – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2019
The integration of scientific research and education is to blend harmoniously two missions of knowledge innovation and talents training, to link closely two tasks of new knowledge discovery and cultural inheritance, and to unify effectively two working modes of science and education. This is of great significance not only to improve teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Science Education
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Salimpour, Saeed; Bartlett, Sophie; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; McKinnon, David H.; Cutts, K. Ross; James, C. Renee; Miller, Scott; Danaia, Lena; Hollow, Robert P.; Cabezon, Sergio; Faye, Michel; Tomita, Akihiko; Max, Charles; de Korte, Michael; Baudouin, Cyrille; Birkenbauma, Daina; Kallery, Maria; Anjos, Sara; Wu, Qixuan; Chu, Hye-eun; Slater, Eileen; Ortiz-Gil, Amelia – Research in Science Education, 2021
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway science owing to its ability to inspire curiosity in everyone irrespective of age, culture, or general inclination towards science. Currently, where there is a global push to get more students engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, astronomy provides an invaluable conduit to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum
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