Download or read book University Students Perceptions of Their Science Classrooms written by Osman Nafiz Kaya and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the dimensions of the university students' perceptions of their science classes and whether or not the students' perceptions differ significantly as regards to the gender and grade level in six main categories namely; (1) pedagogical strategies, (2) faculty interest in teaching, (3) students interest and perceived competence in science, (4) passive learning, (5) grades as feedback, and (6) laboratory experiences. There were a total of 507 students from two big universities in Turkey, including pre-service middle school science and chemistry teachers, was randomly selected for the study. The study group consisted of 232 males and 275 female students in age ranging between 18 and 23. Questionnaire of Perceptions of Science Classes (QPSC), consisting of a 55-positive and negative Likert scale items, was administered to all students. The statistical results of the QPSC scores indicated that the undergraduates' perceptions of their science classes were significantly differ favoring female students in the grades of third year, and students' perceptions of their science classes showed a significant positive change from first to third years of the universities. Also, there was a significant difference favoring the female students on the factor of students' interest and perceived competence in science in the grades of second and final year. In the grade of third year, female students were significantly better than male students on the factors of faculty interest in teaching, grades as feedback, and laboratory experiences, while male students were better than female students on only the factor of passive learning in the grade of the first year. Appended are: (1) The Perceptions of Science Class Survey. (Contains 5 tables.).
Download or read book Mobile Devices in Education Breakthroughs in Research and Practice written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As technology advances, mobile devices have become more affordable and useful to countries around the world. The use of technology can significantly enhance educational environments for students. It is imperative to study new software, hardware, and gadgets for the improvement of teaching and learning practices. Mobile Devices in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of mobile technologies in learning and explores best practices of mobile learning in educational settings. Highlighting a range of topics such as educational technologies, curriculum development, and game-based learning, this publication is an ideal reference source for teachers, principals, curriculum developers, educational software developers, instructional designers, administrators, researchers, professionals, upper-level students, academicians, and practitioners actively involved in the education field.
Download or read book Contemporary Approaches To Research On Learning Environments Worldviews written by Darrell Fisher and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning environment research has undergone considerable growth in the past thirty years and has now reached a stage of notable diversity and internationalization. Earlier studies often used questionnaires to assess learning environments, but today both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used. Many contemporary studies are a productive combination of these two approaches.This volume brings together prominent educators and researchers from around the world to share their contemporary research on educational learning environments. The chapters provide information on recent trends and developments and effective applications of different methods to improve teaching and learning. The book will be a critical and specialized source that describes recent advances in learning environment studies across all continents. The contributors come from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA.
Download or read book Interpersonal Relationships in Education written by Theo Wubbels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together recent research on interpersonal relationships in education. Clearly, positive teacher-student relationships strongly contribute to student learning. Problematic relationships on the other hand can be detrimental to student outcomes and development. Productive learning environments are characterized by supportive and warm interactions throughout the class: teacher-student and student-student. Similarly, teacher learning thrives when principals facilitate accommodating and safe school cultures.The contributions to this book are based on presentations at the first International Conference on Interpersonal Relationships in Education: ICIRE 2010 held in Boulder, Colorado, the United States and include among others keynote addresses by Kathryn Wentzel, Walter Doyle and Theo Wubbels. The chapters help explain how constructive learning environment relationships can be developed and sustained. Contributions come from among others educational and social psychology, teacher and school effectiveness research, and communication and language studies, among other fields. They cover relationships of teachers with individual students and among peers, and relationships between teachers and teachers and principals.
Download or read book Classroom Environment RLE Edu O written by Barry J Fraser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing impact of performance based judgments on schools and teachers in the classroom has its critics and supporters. Some oppose the trend and seek to deny the importance of quantitative measures. Others have sought to find ways of implementing educational measurement constructively and with understanding of the concerns. Classrooms are where the operational business of learning takes place and it is on the quality of life within the classroom that the broader process of learning, concerns for the wider community and others, is nurtured. The climate of the classroom has a large impact on the final outcome measure to which so much interest is directed. To help our understanding of the dynamics involved much work has been done in the development and refinement of quantitative studies to this area by studying essential information about how teachers and students perceive the environments in which the work. Research on classroom climates has reached a practical and theoretical maturity and this volume offers an account of the developments that have taken place and the potential for understanding the classroom as a vital component of the curriculum. This book will also be an essential resource tool for anyone engaged in classroom research.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Students Perceptions of Their Classroom Environment and Their Attitudes Toward Science in Grade Nine Applied Science Classes written by Christopher B. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Perceptions in the Classroom written by Dale H. Schunk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Is There a Correlation Between Students Perceptions of Their Middle School Science Classroom Learning Environment and Their Classroom Grades written by Wayne Snyder and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outcomes Focused Learning Environments written by Jill M. Aldridge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the successes and challenges of an innovative new post-compulsory secondary school in creating an outcomes-focused curriculum.
Download or read book Power in the Classroom written by Virginia P. Richmond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the belief that power is something that is negotiated by participants in the instructional process and with the goal of understanding how communication and power interact, this book looks at power and instruction in many different ways. Drawing from the lessons of the social sciences generally, it examines research that has been conducted by instructional communication specialists, looks at newer approaches to power, presents a status report on what is now known, and points to the divergent directions that offer opportunities for future scholarship.
Download or read book Students Perceptions of the Nature of Science and the Process of Science Through a Project based Science Program written by Jennifer Marie Lagnado and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Differentiated Science Inquiry written by Douglas Llewellyn and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignite science learning with standards-based differentiated instruction that benefits all students. Included are methods for implementation and strategies for successfully managing the differentiated inquiry-based classroom.
Download or read book The Impact of Instructor Intention for Student Learning and Implementation of Undergraduate Science Education Reform on Student Perception of the Learning Environment written by Erika Machan Steele and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid advances in technology and scientific knowledge in modern society increases the need for a workforce with an understanding of technology and critical thinking skills College graduates are entering the working world without the critical thinking skills and ability to apply the scientific knowledge gained during their undergraduate experience (Casner-Lotto & Barrington, 2006). To prepare college graduate for the careers that they will have in the future, the current way science is taught has to be reformed. When examining the impact of reformed science teaching at the undergraduate level, the question of how students perceive their learning environment arises. To address this problem, this study examined the effects that of varying levels of reformed science teaching used classroom had on students' perceptions of the learning environment. The population of this study included 103 institutions that participated in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (NOVA) Program. The NOVA program courses were developed by faculty teams as a part of professional development efforts for university faculty and administrators at 103 universities to work in collaborative teams to create and sustain reform in entry-level undergraduate science and mathematics courses. To determine the impact of reformed teaching on students, the National Study of Education in Undergraduate Science used surveys, interviews, and classroom observations compare the NOVA reformed courses with similar courses that had not been reformed under the NOVA program. The study sample in this dissertation includes data from 9 of those institutions and 14 faculty members. The level of reform was measured using the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol, and students' perception of the learning environment was determined using the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey. Quantitative results were corroborated with qualitative data from interviews of both the instructors and the students. The level of reform found in the courses was found to vary along a continuum from reformed to traditional instructor orientation and this context significantly affected student perceptions of the learning environment. Results identified significant relationships between courses the level of reform implemented in the course and student perception of the learning environment. The ways in which scientific ideas were communicated impacted students' perceptions of their ability to learn science. In the courses where students were given the opportunity to develop and communicate their ideas about scientific knowledge to other students and the instructor, the students perceived the learning environment more favorably. The students in these courses were more confident in their ability to learn and understand science. They also felt more confident in their ability to use their scientific knowledge in their futures. Students in courses with little reform implanted in the classroom viewed the learning environment less favorably. They tended to feel the course content was irrelevant to their lives, and did not think they could and/or would use the course knowledge in their future care.
Download or read book Technology Rich Learning Environments written by Myint Swe Khine and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of information and communication technology tools in recent years has led many educators to revise the way they teach and structure their learning environments. The growth of technology applications in teaching and training is not only gaining momentum, it is becoming a significant part of today's educational scene. This book presents research and case studies to explain how these technology-rich learning environments can be structured and positive results can be achieved. The authors, based on their extensive research data present the pedagogical and organizational implications of technology-rich learning environments and, more importantly, they provide practical models, ideas and exemplars for educators to actualize the full potential of technology in the future.
Download or read book The Effects of Cooperative Learning on Different Ability Students Perceptions of the Science Classroom Environment written by Cynthia Hayes Geer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science Students Perceptions of the Future written by Lauree Fontaine Lane and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Secondary Science Teachers and Students Perceptions of the Interpersonal Relationship Existing Between Them in the Classroom written by William Anton Heiting and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
