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Eckhardt, Marc; Urhahne, Detlef; Harms, Ute – Education Sciences, 2018
Intuitive knowledge seems to influence human decision-making outside of consciousness and differs from deliberate cognitive and metacognitive processes. Intuitive knowledge can play an essential role in problem solving and may offer the initiation of subsequent learning processes. Scientific discovery learning with computer simulations leads to…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Grade 8, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Nyberg, Kristin; Koerber, Susanne; Osterhaus, Christopher – Frontline Learning Research, 2022
Although scientific reasoning is not a formal, independent school subject, it is an increasingly important skill, especially for student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. To promote scientific reasoning effectively, it is important to know its influencing factors. While cognitive influences have been…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Science Education
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2015, taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 2 to 4 of May. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement
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Rüschenpöhler, Lilith; Markic, Silvija – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Participation in science is unevenly distributed among secondary school students, depending on gender, social class, and ethnicity. In the present study, the influence of the home environment on students' chemistry self-concept is investigated as a factor for explaining participation in science. For this, the sociological lens of chemistry capital…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Influence, Secondary School Students, Scientific Attitudes
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Eckes, Alexander; Wilde, Matthias – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Structure in the form of feedback has been shown to be highly relevant to students learning. Offering feedback, stating clear expectations and instructions, might enhance students' perceived competence. The context chosen for this study were experiments studying bird flight in biology lessons. Students experimented in a scientific discovery…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Biology, Feedback (Response), Discovery Learning
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Conradty, Cathérine; Bogner, Franz X. – Education Sciences, 2016
Computers are considered innovative in classrooms, raising expectations of increased cognitive learning outcomes or motivation with effects on Deeper Learning (DL). The "new medium", however, may cause cognitive overloads. Combined with gender-related variations in ability, self-efficacy or self-confidence, computers may even diminish…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Student Motivation