Publication Date
| In 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2023 | 0 |
| Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 18 |
| Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 30 |
Descriptor
| Elementary School Students | 30 |
| Questionnaires | 30 |
| Foreign Countries | 23 |
| Student Attitudes | 15 |
| Statistical Analysis | 14 |
| Science Instruction | 13 |
| Elementary School Science | 11 |
| Interviews | 9 |
| Pretests Posttests | 9 |
| Science Education | 9 |
| Correlation | 8 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| International Journal of… | 30 |
Author
| Chen, Hsiang-Ting | 3 |
| Hong, Zuway-R. | 3 |
| Wang, Hsin-Hui | 3 |
| Lin, Huann-Shyang | 2 |
| Lin, Huann-shyang | 2 |
| Aesaert, Koen | 1 |
| Aitken, Martha | 1 |
| Ajtic, Rastko | 1 |
| Alon, Nirit Lavie | 1 |
| Ballouard, Jean-Marie | 1 |
| Barale, Karen | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 30 |
| Reports - Research | 29 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 4 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 28 |
| Grade 4 | 10 |
| Middle Schools | 8 |
| Secondary Education | 7 |
| Intermediate Grades | 6 |
| Junior High Schools | 6 |
| Grade 5 | 5 |
| Grade 6 | 5 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 3 |
| Grade 7 | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Taiwan | 4 |
| Israel | 3 |
| China | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkZheng, Lanqin; Dong, Yan; Huang, Ronghuai; Chang, Chun-Yen; Bhagat, Kaushal Kumar – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between primary school students' conceptions of, approaches to, and self-efficacy in learning science in Mainland China. A total of 1049 primary school students from Mainland China participated in this study. Three instruments were adapted to measure students' conceptions of learning science,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Swirski, Hani; Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet; Yarden, Anat – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Context-based approaches can bridge the gap between abstract, difficult science concepts and the world students live in. However, the relevance of specific contexts to different groups of learners, and its stability over time, have not been extensively explored. This study used four datasets, collected in different formal and informal settings, to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Student Interests, Learner Engagement
Dori, Y. J.; Zohar, A.; Fischer-Shachor, D.; Kohan-Mass, J.; Carmi, M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
This paper describes an Israeli national-level research examining the extent to which admissions of elementary school students to the gifted programmes based on standardised tests are gender-fair. In the research, the gifted students consisted of 275 boys, 128 girls, and additional 80 girls who were admitted to the gifted programme through…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Females, Gifted, Thinking Skills
Kruit, P. M.; Oostdam, R. J.; van den Berg, E.; Schuitema, J. A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
In most primary science classes, students are taught science inquiry skills by way of learning by doing. Research shows that explicit instruction may be more effective. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit instruction on the acquisition of inquiry skills. Participants included 705 Dutch fifth and sixth graders. Students…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
Jones, Brett D.; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Schram, Asta B.; Chittum, Jessica R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
We investigated students' perceptions related to psychological constructs in their science classes and the influence of these perceptions on their science identification and science career goals. Participants included 575 middle school students from two countries (334 students in the U.S. and 241 students in Iceland). Students completed a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Davies, D. J.; Earle, S.; McMahon, K.; Howe, A.; Collier, C. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The Teacher Assessment in Primary Science project is funded by the Primary Science Teaching Trust and based at Bath Spa University. The study aims to develop a whole-school model of valid, reliable and manageable teacher assessment to inform practice and make a positive impact on primary-aged children's learning in science. The model is based on a…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Models, Foreign Countries
Malleus, Elina; Kikas, Eve; Kruus, Sigrid – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study describes primary school students' knowledge about rainfall, clouds and rainbow formation together with teachers' predictions about students' performance. In our study, primary school students' (N = 177) knowledge about rainfall and rainbow formation was examined using structured interviews with open-ended questions. Primary school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level
Weible, Jennifer L.; Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Although curiosity is considered an integral aspect of science learning, researchers have debated how to define, measure, and support its development in individuals. Prior measures of curiosity include questionnaire type scales (primarily for adults) and behavioral measures. To address the need to measure scientific curiosity, the Science…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Science Education
Chen, Hsiang-Ting; Wang, Hsin-Hui; Lu, Ying-Yan; Lin, Huann-shyang; Hong, Zuway-R – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study explored the effects of a modified argument-driven inquiry approach on Grade 4 students' engagement in learning science and argumentation in Taiwan. The students were recruited as an experimental group (EG, n?=?36) to join a 12-week study, while another 36 Grade 4 students from the same schools were randomly selected to be the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Persuasive Discourse
Wells, Nancy M.; Myers, Beth M.; Todd, Lauren E.; Barale, Karen; Gaolach, Brad; Ferenz, Gretchen; Aitken, Martha; Henderson, Charles R.; Tse, Caroline; Pattison, Karen Ostlie; Taylor, Cayla; Connerly, Laura; Carson, Janet B.; Gensemer, Alexandra Z.; Franz, Nancy K.; Falk, Elizabeth – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This randomized controlled trial or "true experiment" examines the effects of a school garden intervention on the science knowledge of elementary school children. Schools were randomly assigned to a group that received the garden intervention (n?=?25) or to a waitlist control group that received the garden intervention at the end of the…
Descriptors: Gardening, Science Education, Low Income, Elementary School Students
Breuer, Gabriele B.; Schlegel, Jürg; Kauf, Peter; Rupf, Reto – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Children have served as research subjects in several surveys on attitudes to insects and invertebrates. Most of the studies have used quantitative scoring methods to draw conclusions. This paper takes a different approach as it analyzes children's free-text comments to gain an understanding of their viewpoints. A total of 246 children aged 9-13…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Entomology
Madden, Lauren; Wiebe, Eric – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This narrative case study examined the relationship between teacher identity and elementary science teaching. Teacher identity was described using a modification of Gee's framework incorporating three perspectives: the teachers' self-described identity, the researchers' view of teacher identity, and the students' views of teacher identity. Over…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Professional Identity, Student Attitudes
Factors Influencing Schoolchildren's Responses to a Questionnaire in Wildlife Conservation Education
Ballouard, Jean-Marie; Mullin, Stephen J.; Ajtic, Rastko; Brito, José Carlos; ElMouden, El Hassan; Erdogan, Mehmet; Feriche, Monica; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Prokop, Pavol; Sánchez, Aida; Santos, Xavier; Slimani, Tahar; Sterijovski, Bogoljub; Tomovic, Ljiljana; Usak, Muhammet; Zuffi, Marco; Bonnet, Xavier – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Questionnaires are important tools for assessing attitudes regarding conservation issues. However, they are not easily comparable and their reliability has been insufficiently assessed. We examined factors influencing responses to open- and closed-ended questions about animal conservation to more than 600 schoolchildren (9 years old on average).…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Influences, Responses, Conservation (Environment)
Mun, Jiyeong; Mun, Kongju; Kim, Sung-Won – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This article reports on the study of the components of scientific imagination and describes the scales used to measure scientific imagination in Korean elementary and secondary students. In this study, we developed an inventory, which we call the Scientific Imagination Inventory (SII), in order to examine aspects of scientific imagination. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Imagination, Secondary School Students, Elementary School Students
Bogner, F. X.; Johnson, B.; Buxner, S.; Felix, L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The 2-MEV model is a widely used tool to monitor children's environmental perception by scoring individual values. Although the scale's validity has been confirmed repeatedly and independently as well as the scale is in usage within more than two dozen language units all over the world, longitudinal properties still need clarification. The purpose…
Descriptors: Models, Values, Questionnaires, Intervention
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2
