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Yaman, Havva; Bekar, Seyma Nur; Yildiz, Hakan; Koyun, Salih; Nas, Sibel Er – Science Education International, 2023
To employ educational games in education as intended, it is required to show students' cognitive structures for this concept. As a result, the purpose of this research was to reveal the cognitive structures of secondary school students regarding educational games. The research was a survey-based descriptive study. A total of 340 secondary school…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Kaya, Metin – Science Education International, 2022
Students' socioeconomic status (SES), school climate, and students' attitudes stand out as important factors that determine academic achievement. The current study investigated the relationship among SES, attitude toward science, school climate, and academic achievement comparatively in terms of countries. Trends in International Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Science Achievement
Spitzer, Philipp – Science Education International, 2022
Scientists are often described as smart and logical thinkers but lacking in the so-called "soft skills." Well-known TV series such as "The Big Bang Theory" and "Breaking Bad" have also shaped these stereotypical ideas in society. In the present study, a total of 1013 students in grades 8 and 11 were asked about…
Descriptors: Scientists, Chemistry, Career Choice, Stereotypes
Akdag, Emine; Köksal, Mustafa Serdar – Science Education International, 2022
The purpose of this research was to examine relationship between the eighth-grade gifted students' perceptions of science learning environment constructive learning environment perception (CLEP) and their motivations motivation to learn science (MLS) to learn science with their intellectual risk-taking (IRT) and science achievement (SA). For this…
Descriptors: Gifted, Gifted Education, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
Topsaka, Irfan; Altun Yalçin, Sema; Çakir, Zehra – Science Education International, 2022
This research aimed to explore the effect of problem-based STEM activities on middle school students' perceptions related to problem-solving skills and their critical thinking tendencies. The sample consisted of 81 students. A mixed method was employed in the research. The quantitative data collection tools were the "Critical Thinking…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, STEM Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
Figueiredo Rodrigues, Angélica Lúcia; Melo-Santos, Gabriel; Santos Baptista, Geilsa Costa; Robles-Piñeros, Jairo; da Silva, Maria Luisa – Science Education International, 2022
This study assessed the knowledge, feelings, and life experiences of students in public middle schools in the Brazilian Amazon toward aquatic mammals by applying semi-structured interviews, with a qualitative-quantitative approach. A total of 241 students, from all genders, aged between 12 and 14 years old, from four public schools of Pará State…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Animals, Zoology
Bayar, Mirac Furkan; Kurt, Uluhan – Science Education International, 2021
The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of mobile learning on students' academic achievements and their opinions about the course. This research was a mixed study where both quantitative and qualitative methods were used together. The quantitative part of the study used quasi-experimental models in a pre-test/post-test design…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Science Education, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
Yaman, Havva; Anilan, Burcu – Science Education International, 2021
This research aimed to gain the value of responsibility implicitly through activity-based values education tasks (ABVET) prepared in secondary school science lessons. The research was carried out with the embedded quasi-experimental design, one of the mixed research methods. The study group of the research consisted of 37 middle school students in…
Descriptors: Values Education, Science Education, Learning Activities, Responsibility
Arslan, Kevser; Yildirim, Mehtap – Science Education International, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the effect of an online science course on the academic achievement of a fifth grade "World of Living" unit, which was carried out using the materials created with web 2.0 tools, as well as to determine the students' opinions about the application. This study consisted of a total of 120 fifth grade students…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Web 2.0 Technologies, Grade 5, Student Attitudes
Baybars, Meryem Gorecek – Science Education International, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to determine secondary school students' images of a scientist with regard to gender as the variable. The study was carried out with the participation of 240 secondary school students in a city located in the western part of Turkey in the fall term of the 2017-2018 school year. The data were collected with…
Descriptors: Scientists, Stereotypes, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Damjana, Lampe; Kozina, Francka Lovšin – Science Education International, 2020
In a consumer society, educating children for a healthy lifestyle is challenging for the teacher. Daily, children are exposed to large amounts of information (including misinformation) and the field of healthy eating is no exception. The teacher must, therefore, develop good teaching strategies that include informative/innovative teaching tools.…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Nutrition, Merchandise Information, Foreign Countries
Tsaparlis, Georgios; Hartzavalos, Sotirios; Vlacha, Vasiliki; Malamou, Constantina; Neila, Ioanna; Pantoula, Christina – Science Education International, 2020
We report on our experience with the implementation of project-based teamwork on nuclear energy with 14 ninth-grade students from a lower secondary model school and its assessment using two written questionnaires, which were answered by the students after the completion of the project. The first questionnaire elicited students' opinions about the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Projects, Active Learning, Science Instruction
Çavas, Bülent; Güney, L. Özge; Karagöz, Emre; Çavas, Pinar – Science Education International, 2020
Lego has been a popular toy since 1932. "LEGO" is an abbreviation of two Danish words "leg godt" which means "play well." In today's LEGO-based learning and teaching environments, it has been revealed in studies that students working to solve problems presented to them were often unaware of how much time has passed.…
Descriptors: Toys, Robotics, Student Attitudes, Scientists
Hamalosmanoglu, Mustafa; Varinlioglu, Serdar – Science Education International, 2019
The purpose of the study was to reveal the effects of scientific argumentation-oriented teaching activities on the environmental attitudes and knowledge of seventh-grade Turkish students within the human and environment unit compared to the activities suggested by the ministry of education science and technology curriculum. This study employed a…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 7, Student Attitudes
Uygur, Mutlu – Science Education International, 2019
In this research, the effects of using digitally supported concept maps on the academic success of students in science classes in primary education and their opinions toward the advantages of digitally supported concept maps were examined. The research was conducted with seventh-grade students in a state school in Turkey. This research used a…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Elementary School Science, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students