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ERIC Number: EJ580521
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Technical Problem Solving among 10-Year-Old Students as Related to Science Achievement, Out-of-School Experience, Domain-Specific Control Beliefs, and Attribution Patterns.
Baumert, Jurgen; Evans, Robert H.; Geiser, Helmut
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v35 n9 p987-1013 Nov 1998
Ten-year-old students (n=531) from the U.S. and Germany were studied to determine the relationships between everyday experience, domain-specific control beliefs, acquisition of science knowledge, and solving of everyday technical problems. A causal model, developed and tested through structural equation modeling, showed that domain-specific out-of-school experience, mediated by control beliefs, only indirectly influenced problem-solving performance. Contains 91 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Socioeconomic Status, Technology, Television Viewing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Germany; Science Technology Relationship