ERIC Number: EJ1195470
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 17
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Influence of Science Instruction Reform on Academic Performance of Eighth Grade Students in Chinese Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region
Gao, Su; Wang, Jian; Zhong, Zhiyong
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v48 n6 p879-895 2018
The Chinese government has implemented centralised science curriculum standards to change science teaching from a didactic to inquiry-based approach to support all students in acquiring science literacy. Framed through theoretical perspectives of inquiry-based instruction and cultural pedagogy, this study examined the influence and impact of these reforms on Chinese science teaching and the performance of 8th grade Chinese students in the Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Regions using instruments developed by TIMSS 2007. It revealed that mixed, lecture-based, more inquiry-based and practice-based science teaching approaches were popularly practiced in classrooms, with the mixed-teaching approach being the most popular. While a mixed approach was positively associated with performance, the frequent practice of a more inquiry-based approach had a significant negative relationship. Neither lecture-based nor practiced-based teaching approaches were found to be related to performance. This finding questions the assumption that inquiry-based science teaching is central to improving the science performance of all students in China.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Academic Achievement, Standards, Science Curriculum, Scientific Literacy, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Grade 8, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Science Tests, Lecture Method, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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