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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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An Intervention Study Using Cognitive Conflict to Foster Conceptual Change
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Chow, Tuck-Choy F.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2013
The study involved evaluating the efficacy of a conceptual change instructional programme involving cognitive conflict in (1) facilitating form 2 (grade 8) students' understanding of algebra concepts, and (2) assessing changes in students' attitudes towards learning mathematics, in a mixed quantitative-qualitative research design. The…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Grade 8
Ensuring Instruction Changes: Evidence Based Teaching--How Can Lesson Study Inform Coaching, Instructional Rounds and Learning Walks?
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Stephens, Max – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2011
For those who are committed to Lesson Study as a means of developing teacher capacity and bringing about innovation of mathematics teaching and learning, there is value in looking at related strategies, now widely in use in several countries, which aim to achieve similar goals. In this paper, three related strategies will be examined alongside…
Descriptors: Evidence, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change, Accountability
Students' Epistemological Beliefs about Science: The Impact of School Science Experience
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Peer, Jarina; Atputhasamy, Lourdusamy – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
The science epistemological beliefs of students have been found to play an important role in determining their learning orientations towards science. Conley, Pintrich, Vekiri, & Harrison (2004) developed a measure to examine the epistemology beliefs of students about science. The measure encompasses four dimensions about scientific knowledge:…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Beliefs