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Sankar E.; A. Edward William Benjamin – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Student engagement has emerged as a crucial factor in higher education, playing a vital role in shaping the overall quality of learning outcomes. It refers to the active involvement and participation of students in specific activities that research has consistently linked to improved academic achievements. The pervasiveness of the term 'student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving, Skill Development
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Ernest Koranteng – Science Education International, 2024
This study aimed to uncover common difficulties and possible areas for improvement by focusing on the approaches and errors made by 3rd-year undergraduate chemistry students in solving organic synthesis problems. The study employed a purposive sampling technique to select 112 undergraduate chemistry major students to participate in this study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Su, King-Dow – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
This research conceived multivariate learning concepts and aimed at the implementation of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) life learning of face recognition, self-driving, and robots' situational issues into problem-based learning (PBL) in natural science. This research put forward problem-solving and group cooperation in which students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Natural Sciences
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Tan, Aik-Ling; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
This study used three previously validated instruments, namely Science Academic Hardiness (SAH), Students' Conceptions of Learning Science (COLS) and Science Learning Self-Efficacy (SLSE) on 431 Singaporean students. Using structural equation modeling, results showed that the SAH commitment dimension a positive predictor explaining both the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Achievement, Scientific Attitudes
Max R. Helix – ProQuest LLC, 2021
I have created a general workflow that describes how students reason through non-trivial organic predict-the-product problems. This was accomplished through an iterative process that combined the experiences of instructors with holistic impressions of think-aloud interviews, incorporating feedback from both undergraduate focus groups and graduate…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Organic Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Graduate Students
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Patrik Holm – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2025
The increasing prevalence of online courses has highlighted the importance of digital literacy for students. This study investigates the relationship between digital literacy and academic achievement among students who participate in an online course on anatomy and physiology. The study also evaluates how different aspects of digital literacy,…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Physiology, Science Instruction, Anatomy
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Çalisici, Sinan; Benzer, Semra – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of science, technology, mathematics, engineering (STEM) applications and STEM based teaching on 8th grade students' environmental attitudes, scientific creativity, problem solving skills and science achievement and to get students' opinions about STEM practices. Two groups were used in the…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, STEM Education, Environmental Education, Student Attitudes
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Shenglin Cao; Juan Chu; ZuoChen Zhang; Liyan Liu – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
VR technology is being widely used in education due to it's a sense of immersion, real-time interaction, and ability to stimulate imagination. However, there is a lack of research comparing students at different stages. This study used a quasi-experimental design involving 73 fourth-grade and 86 eighth-grade students in two schools in northwest…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Students
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Balta, Nuri; Asikainen, Mervi A. – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2019
Students' attitudes and approaches to problem solving are claimed to be related to their ways they learn physics and to their success in solving physics problems. In this study, the Attitudes and Approaches to Problem Solving (AAPS) survey was used to reveal Turkish introductory university students' attitudes and approaches to physics problem…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
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Montes, L. H.; Ferreira, R. A.; Rodríguez, C. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Attitudes towards learning chemistry have been little studied in secondary school students, especially regarding dimensions related to problem solving, the molecular atomic perspective of chemistry, and real-world connection of chemistry. In the present study, we first aimed to design and assess the psychometric properties of the attitude to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Science Instruction, Chemistry
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Wu, Juana; Guo, Rong; Wang, Zhuo; Zeng, Rongqing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Developing the problem-solving abilities of elementary school students has been recognized as an important educational objective. Science curricula, because of their practical and experimental characteristics, are thought to be an important way to develop students' problem-solving ability. The use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in teaching…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Integration, Computer Simulation, Science Activities
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Grandoit, Evan; Bergdoll, Rose; Rosales, Edith; Turbeville, David; Mayer, Shoshana; Horowitz, Gail – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
Research has demonstrated that academically successful students are effective, self-regulated learners. Moreover, exam wrapper interventions have been shown to foster the development of self-regulated learning behaviors on the part of college students. In this naturalistic, qualitative, and exploratory study, an exam wrapper intervention was…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Intervention, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
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Ding, Yue-Min; Shen, Wei-Da; Yang, Jing; He, Yan; Wang, Lin-Lin; Zhang, Xiong – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A physiology laboratory course plays an important role in improving the scientific abilities of medical students. This study involved a teaching reform based on problem-based self-designed experiments in a physiology laboratory course. The study subjects were divided into two groups, i.e., students enrolled in 2019 were assigned to the traditional…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments
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Mustu, Özlem Eryilmaz; Sen, Ahmet Ilhan – Science Education International, 2019
In this study, the impacts of teaching modern physics topics according to textbooks that are prepared based on two different physics curricula implemented in Turkey on students' success, problem-solving skills, and attitudes were examined. The sample of the study consisted of 80 high school students studying in the 12th grade. Within the scope of…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High Schools
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Utomo, Dwi Priyo; Syarifah, Dita Latifatu – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2021
This study describes the mathematical processes in TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study) to reflect issues. A descriptive qualitative methodology was used in this analysis as the research approach. The research allocated the respondent to the 6th grade students of Muhammadiyah 6 in the sub-district of Dau, Malang regency, East Java,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Achievement Tests
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