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Shu-Fen Lin; Wan-Chin Shie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Teachers lack effective curriculum-based instruments to assess their students' scientific competence that would provide information for modifying their inquiry instruction. The main purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Curriculum-Based Scientific Competence (CBSC) test to assess students' scientific competence in a 1-semester Grade…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Validity, Grade 9, Science Tests
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Angwal, Yaki Akawo; Saat, Rohaida Mohd; Sathasivam, Renuka V. – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
Integrated STEM education holds the promise for students' meaningful science instruction. However, the implementation of integrated STEM-based approaches for science learning might be difficult for teachers due to the lack of expertise and instructional materials. Therefore, this study focused on the preparation and validation of an integrated…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, STEM Education
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Jones, Francis – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
We compared seven unrelated data-sets to evaluate a major education improvement initiative. Perceptions of students in 54 course sections were surveyed regarding the helpfulness of 39 specific teaching or learning strategies, and relative workloads and enthusiasm were compared to their other courses. Classes were observed using an established…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Science Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement
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Schultz-Jones, Barbara A.; Ledbetter, Cynthia E. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
As part of a larger study, the How My Library Supports Inquiry and the How My Science Class Supports Inquiry questionnaires were developed for evaluating the extent of inquiry-based teaching in classrooms and school libraries and the effect of this instruction on student literacy and, by extension, the social good. Each has 28 items in seven…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Inquiry, Active Learning, Literacy
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
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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