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Fasasi, Rasheed Adekunle – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigated the effect of Ethnoscience instruction and moderating effects of school location and parental educational status on students' attitude to science. It employed pretest-posttest, non-equivalent control group quasiexperimental design. Participants were 352 Junior Secondary School 1 (aged 9-12 years) students from two schools,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Effect Size, Statistical Analysis, Parent Background
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Becerra-Labra, Carlos; Gras-Marti, Albert; Torregrosa, Joaquin Martinez – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
A model of teaching/learning is proposed based on a "problem-based structure" of the contents of the course, in combination with a training in paper and pencil problem solving that emphasizes discussion and quantitative analysis, rather than formulae plug-in. The aim is to reverse the high failure and attrition rate among engineering…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Scientific Concepts