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50 Years of ERIC
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Online Periodic Table: A Cautionary Note
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Izci, Kemal; Barrow, Lloyd H.; Thornhill, Erica – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The purpose of this study was (a) to evaluate ten online periodic table sources for their accuracy and (b) to compare the types of information and links provided to users. Limited studies have been reported on online periodic table (Diener and Moore 2011; Slocum and Moore in "J Chem Educ" 86(10):1167, 2009). Chemistry students'…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Tables (Data), Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
A Reanalysis of Engineering Majors' Self-Efficacy Beliefs
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Concannon, James P.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
This study examines differences in women's engineering self-efficacy beliefs across grade levels in comparison to men's engineering self-efficacy (ESE) beliefs across grade levels. Data for this study was collected from 746 (635 men, 111 women) engineering students enrolled in a large research extensive university. Four major conclusions resulted…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Engineering Education, Self Efficacy, Gender Differences
Men's and Women's Intentions to Persist in Undergraduate Engineering Degree Programs
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Concannon, James P.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
This is a quantitative study of 493 undergraduate engineering majors' intentions to persist in their engineering program. Using a multiple analysis of variance analysis, men and women had one common predictor for their intentions to persist, engineering career outcome expectations. However, the best sociocognitive predictor for men's persistence…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Females, Persistence, Academic Standards
A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy by Gender, Ethnicity, Year, and Transfer Status
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Concannon, James P.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This is a cross-sectional study of 519 undergraduate engineering majors' self-efficacy beliefs at a large, research extensive, Midwestern university. Engineering self-efficacy is an individual's belief in his or her ability to successfully negotiate the academic hurdles of the engineering program. Engineering self-efficacy was obtained from four…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Ethnicity, Self Efficacy, Engineering
Institutional Research Productivity in Science Education for the 1990s: Top 30 Rankings
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Barrow, Lloyd H.; Settlage, John; Germann, Paul J. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify the major science education programs in the United States, where the science education researchers published their research. This research is the first study of the scholarly productivity of science education programs at domestic institutions of higher education. Each issue of the eight research journals…
Descriptors: Productivity, Institutional Research, Science Education, Higher Education
Searching for Educational Technology Faculty.
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Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2003
Identifies the types of positions available at domestic four-year institutions of higher education for faculty whose specialty is educational technology. Analyzes educational job postings listed in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" from August, 2000, through July, 2001. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Employment Opportunities, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education
Do Elementary Science Methods Textbooks Facilitate the Understanding of Magnet Concepts?
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Barrow, Lloyd H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2000
Examines elementary science methods textbooks to determine how magnet concepts are presented. Focuses on the organization, sequence of concepts, and potential misconceptions, and includes types of investigations. Analyzed 11 elementary science methods textbooks in detail and found great variation in the magnet concepts presented, general omission…
Descriptors: Electricity, Elementary Education, Magnets, Misconceptions