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PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TEACHERS’ VIEWS ON TEACHING PRACTICE COURSES Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Ayhan Bulut,Abdullatif Kaban,Ömer Bilen
The Teaching Practice course taught in Education Faculties gives pre-service teachers real experience before starting the profession. This study aims to examine the teaching practice courses in the undergraduate programs of education faculties by the views of pre-service science and computer teachers. 50 4th grade students, 25 from the science education department and 25 from the computer and instructional
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PRIMARY PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Eser Ültay
Metaphors are expressions that are frequently used in people's minds to explain concepts with other unrelated concepts and have a personal emphasis on learning. The purpose of this study is to determine and interpret the metaphorical perceptions of primary school pre-service teachers towards environmental pollution. The "phenomenology" research design was used in this study. The study group of this
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COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF MODELLING AND ANALOGY ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONTENT UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSFERABILITY: THE CASE OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Song Xue,Daner Sun,Liying Zhu,Hui-Wen Huang,Keith Topping
Analogies and modelling have been developed and applied in learning and teaching science to facilitate students’ understanding of abstract concepts, such as atomic structure. Considering few studies focus on comparing the effects of two teaching strategies—analogy-based teaching (ABT) and modelling-based teaching (MBT)—this study aims to compare the effects of ABT and MBT on high school students’ content
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THE EFFECT OF GAME-BASED LEARNING VIA KAHOOT AND QUIZIZZ ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THIRD GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Aleksandar Janković,Dragan Lambić
The application of student response systems could have a lesser effect on the science education of younger students compared to the effects achieved with older students in language and social science courses. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of the application of Kahoot and Quizizz on the academic achievement of third grade primary school students (9 years old) in a natural sciences
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ALIGNMENT OF CONCEPTS OF MEIOSIS AMONG CURRICULUM, TEXTBOOKS, CLASSROOM TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT IN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Youngshin Kim,Yun-hye Lee,Hyonyong Lee,Soo-min Lim
If the concepts used in curriculum, textbooks, classroom teaching, and assessment are not consistent, students may have difficulty in understanding the concepts of science correctly and this may lead to the formation of misconceptions. The purpose of this study is to measure the alignment of science concepts by analyzing the semantic networks of curriculum, textbooks, classroom teaching, and student
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SELF-REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES IMPACT FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN SCIENCE CLASS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Busra Cengiz-Istanbullu,Gonul Sakiz
For long years, researchers in the field believed that the development of self-regulated learning (SRL) behaviors of students could only be initiated around middle school years. Nowadays, a growing number of research around the world attempt to challenge this belief by demonstrating that SRL behaviors and strategies can emerge in students at an earlier age than expected through proper training and
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CLIMATE EDUCATION: A GRAND CHALLENGE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Jari Lavonen
Climate change and its mitigation represent a major global challenge, alongside biodiversity loss, global pandemics, and shortages of fresh water and food. It has the power to shape the environment and future; however, policymakers seek to prevent undesirable changes through environmental and education policies. Hinesjeffrey et al. (2013) consider climate education to be a major challenge. For example
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AN EXAMINATION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CREATING A SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL STORY IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE IN TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Umit Izgi-Onbasili,Aysegul Avsar-Tuncay,Burcu Sezginsoy-Seker,Seyit Ahmet Kiray
Digital stories are a form of expression that emerges by combining the art of storytelling with multimedia tools such as sound, picture, and video. In this research, examining the experiences of pre-service teachers in creating digital stories in accordance with the science curriculum and the effects of this process on the pre-service teachers’ self-confidence in technological pedagogical content knowledge
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EFFECT OF TASK-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS AMONG SELECTED RWANDAN LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Jeannette Musengimana,Edwige Kampire,Philothère Ntawiha
This study intended to measure the effect of Task-Based Learning (TBL) on lower secondary school students’ understanding of chemical reactions. The study employed a quasi-experimental pre and post-test research design with eight intact classes of 369 students purposively selected from eight schools in two districts in Rwanda. The experimental group of four schools was exposed to the TBL method, while
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NEW DIGITAL COMPETENCE FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Metka Kordigel Aberšek,Boris Aberšek
In the years 2019-2021 a significant step was made in terms of distance learning, which would have otherwise, in normal circumstances, taken several years. While the solutions applied were the best in the given situation, the question arises of what these solutions imply in terms of long-term, systematic changes. The presented research touches upon three key areas that characterize today’s schools:
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PRE-SERVICE CHEMISTRY TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL VISION DEVELOPMENT: THE EFFECT OF LESSON-OBSERVATION PRACTICE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Linda Honskusová,Karel Vojíř,Martin Rusek
Ability to adequately analyze educational situations is essential not only for (pre-service) teachers’ occupational decisions, but also for their own professional development. This study represents an evaluation of the observation practice aimed at pre-service chemistry teachers’ (N = 12) professional vision development. They attended chemistry classes in schools, discussed them in a group and independently
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THE PREFERRED MENTORING ATTRIBUTES AND PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHING Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Durmuş Burak,Ahmet Simsar
Pre-service teachers encounter many different mentor teachers during the teaching practicum process. While some teachers give sufficient coverage to early childhood science education, some do not. This research aimed to explain effective mentoring attributes and practices of the mentors which preferred by pre-service pre-school teachers during science teaching activities throughout the teaching practice
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TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND STEM TEACHING ACTIVITIES: ONLINE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Bekir Yıldırım,Ahmet Tayfur Akcan,Erdinç Öcal
This study addressed teachers’ perceptions of the effect of online teacher professional development programs (OTPDPs) on their professional development. This five-month study focused on four aspects of OTPDPs: (1) Teachers' perceptions on OTPDPs, (2) the impact of OTPDPs on lesson planning, (3) the impact of OTPDPs on STEM teaching, and (4) the impact of OTPDPs in STEM education on teacher employment
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DETERMINING LOWER-SECONDARY STUDENTS’ STEM MOTIVATION: A PROFILE FROM TURKEY Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Ismail Dönmez,Sahin Idin,Seraceddin Gürbüz
The ongoing motivation of students toward the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a process related to their orientation toward those fields and their active participation in related activities. This study aimed to examine the ongoing STEM motivations of lower-secondary school students in a sample from Turkey according to demographic variables. In this study, in which
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PRODUCTIVE METAPHOR OF MOLECULAR ORBITALS IN EDUCATION AND ANY VIABLE THEORY Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Uladzimir Slabin
A lot has been researched on and published about applying analogies in teaching science. The content being complex, often abstract, and difficult for understanding, analogy comes as an effective tool to catch the essence. In brief, using an analogy for explanation of something unfamiliar new, we take something familiar old and establish connections between the two (Sarantopoulous & Tsaparlis, 2004)
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ASSESSING THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF SCIENCE MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST USING RASCH DICHOTOMOUS MEASUREMENT MODEL Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Najah Hazirah Mohd Dzin,Yoon Fah Lay
Multiple choice tests are widely applied to assess students’ knowledge in science education. This study aimed at assessing the validity and reliability of Science Multiple-choice Test in Malaysia. The items for this test were formulated by the researcher together with a panel of science teachers and the head of the science department with close reference to Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM)
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COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FORT INSTRUMENT: USING DISTRACTOR ANALYSIS TO EXPLORE STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC REASONING BASED ON ACADEMIC LEVEL AND GENDER DIFFERENCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Minsu Ha,Yustika Sya’bandari,Ai Nurlaelasari Rusmana,Rahmi Qurota Aini,Sarah Meilani Fadillah
Scientific reasoning ability is essential to get developed in the current digital age, particularly in the process of judgement and decision-making in complex problems. Few studies have conducted an in-depth exploration of scientific reasoning ability, especially in relation to the confidence level and gender. The scientific reasoning ability of Indonesian upper-secondary school and university students
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STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT FOR MONITORING COASTAL WATER QUALITY AND (MICRO)PLASTICS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 José Luís Araújo,Carla Morais,João Carlos Paiva
The promotion of positive attitudes towards science is an important goal of science education. This research aimed to identify students' attitudes towards science and whether their participation within a citizen science project has contributed to positive attitudinal changes. So, an attitudinal scale was developed, validated, and applied (as a pre and post-test) to 574 students aged between 12 and
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THE EFFECT OF REACT STRATEGY ON ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION: A MIXED RESEARCH SYNTHESIS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Cenk Akay,Sedat Kanadli
There is a contradiction in the literature about the effect of REACT strategy on science achievement. This study aims to resolve this contradiction by determining the effect of REACT strategy on student science achievement and the factors affecting this strategy by integrating findings obtained from both qualitative and quantitative studies. The study was conducted using a mixed-research synthesis
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PUBLIC SCIENCE EDUCATION: SOME MORE ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Todar Lakhvich
In previous editorial (Lakhvich, 2021) we have discussed three comprehensive roles of Science Education, determining its contribution to our life: if briefly, (1) Science Education gives the methodology to digest facts via the experiment, reasoning, and discussion; (2) Science Education gives rise to the development of logics, problem-solving skills, complements the command of language, social communication
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IMPLEMENTATION OF SSI CONCEPT MAPPING AS A DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 King-Dow Su
The presented research focuses on verifying the confluent application of concept mapping (CM) and socio-scientific issues (SSI) according to the value-laden and moral dilemma orientation to construct problem-solving performance. This research sets up some perspectives for all 146 participants, including 139 students and 7 experts. All findings reveal that the design of SSICM contexts includes a rebuttal
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THE EFFECTS OF CONCEPT CARTOONS AND ARGUMENTATION BASED CONCEPT CARTOONS ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Feyzi Osman Pekel
Although "Reproduction, Growth, and Development in Living Things" (RGDLT) is a core topic in the Turkish science curriculum, it is known that students have difficulties in understanding. Integrating concept cartoons and argumentation into the teaching of this unit has the potential to promote students' interest and understanding. This research is the first to compare the effects of concept cartoons
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THE EFFECTS OF AUTONOMY-SUPPORTIVE AND CONTROLLING TEACHING BEHAVIORS ON PRIMARY STUDENTS' STEM LEARNING PERFORMANCE AND FLOW EXPERIENCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Chu-yu Ou,Shao-Rui Xu,Chu-ting Lu,Shao-Na Zhou,Hua Xiao
Flow experience plays a major role in influencing students’ interest of STEM, which is the key to promote STEM talent development. Various teaching behaviors contribute differently to student learning performance and flow experience. Specifically, this research sought to concretely explore the different influences of Autonomy-supportive (AS) teaching behavior and Controlling (C) teaching behavior on
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PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES OF HOME-BASED PRACTICAL WORK UNDER EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Tamirirofa Chirikure
Practical work is ubiquitous in science education, but its enactment is challenging in remote teaching contexts. The situation was exacerbated due to a moratorium on contact classes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated strict health protocols. Home-based practical work (HBPW) became a significant option as academic institutions shifted to emergency remote teaching. The question is whether
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THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING SCIENCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Jongwon Park,Hye-Gyoung Yoon,Mijung Kim,Hunkoog Jho
Scientific evidence-based reasoning has been recognized as a form of reasoning that characterizes scientific thinking. This study questioned what scientific evidence means in the various types of scientific activities; that is, this study explored the nature of scientific evidence (NOSE). To do this, previous studies were examined to understand how scientific evidence was analyzed, evaluated, and utilized
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THE GENERATIVE MECHANISM OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ OCCUPATIONAL EXPECTATIONS IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES: INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND INDIVIDUAL SCIENCE LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Tao Jiang,Ji-gen Chen,Wei Fang
Gender, learning achievements, parents’ occupational status, social-economic backgrounds, and a few traits of schools affect students’ occupational expectations. However, no research had integrated the above factors to investigate the generative mechanism of students’ occupational expectations. After combining student-level and school-level PISA 2018 datasets, two-level latent covariate modeling was
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STEM IN MOVIES: FEMALE PRESERVICE TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON MOVIE "HIDDEN FIGURES" Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Bekir Yıldırım,Erdinç Öcal,Emine Şahin-Topalcengiz
Movies are informal teaching tools to make teaching relevant to a diverse group of students. The use of movies may enhance students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). They can be effective tools to build students’ interest in STEM fields and raise their awareness of STEM and STEM careers. This study purpose was to identify STEM-related topics in the movie “Hidden
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THE USEFULNESS OF ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC AS PERCEIVED BY ENGINEERING EDUCATION STUDENTS: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Gabriel Gorghiu,Costin Pribeanu,Valentina Iuliana Manea,Vincentas Lamanauskas,Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė
With the unprecedented crisis created by the Coronavirus pandemic, online teaching and learning became a global solution - embraced by the whole world - that tried to cover, at least in part, in part the problems encountered by the educational systems. An exclusively online format of teaching and learning proved to be a challenge for both the didactic and the learning process. Although the extant research
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SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE TASKS DESIGNED FOR BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Matěj Novák,Jan Petr,Tomáš Ditrich
For the possibility of using competitive tasks from the Biology Olympiad (BiO), either directly or after certain adaptations for everyday teaching tasks in the teaching process, it was aimed to determine if students could work meaningfully with them. The success of 2nd-year secondary school students (n = 113) in solutions of tasks (n = 5) designated for BiO was compared with the solutions by the regional
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A COMPARISON OF SCHOOL CLIMATE WITH TIMSS 2015 SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Yoon Fah Lay,Khar Thoe Ng
Since 1995, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) implemented the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) as an international comparative study. This article aims at identifying the correlations of science classroom instructions with TIMSS science achievement of eighth graders among countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia. The freely
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LEARNING PROGRESSIONS IN LOWER-SECONDARY SCHOOL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN JAPAN Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Hiroyoshi Kinoshita,Ryosuke Utani
This research examined whether incorporating learning progress (LPs) in teaching can help Japanese lower-secondary school students systemically understand science concepts. A teaching plan incorporating the learning progressions (LPs) concept was developed. Next, a lesson was conducted for 36 third-year students of a public lower-secondary school in Japan (Hiroshima Prefecture) from the unit of “Ions
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AMALGAMATING WESTERN SCIENCE AND AFRICAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Mishack T. Gumbo,Fidelis O. Nnadi,Rose C. Anamezie
There is the need to liberate the school science teaching process to suit the culturally bound day-to-day experiences of learners. The clarion call becomes expedient in the light of pedagogical failure in science education, which precipitates poor science achievement, especially in non-Western cultures. Non-Western knowledge systems, specifically African indigenous knowledge systems (AIKs), have been
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PUBLIC SCIENCE EDUCATION: ROLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-10-10 Todar Lakhvich
Why we need Science in our life? Why, when, and how people should learn scientific facts and acquire skills originated from application of specific scientific methods? Whether Science education is limited exclusively with the mission to prepare students to their life in the world of Physical/chemical/biological objects or vice versa it has a special cognitive potential that gives rise to the ability
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EXPLORING THE EFFECTS ON FIFTH GRADERS’ CONCEPT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS: APPLYING THE PREDICTION-OBSERVATION-EXPLANATION INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING MODEL IN SCIENCE EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Li Zhao,Wei He,Xiaohong Liu,Kai-Hsin Tai,Jon-Chao Hong
The inquiry-based learning model can facilitate students’ understanding of scientific concepts. Scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs) are related to students’ beliefs about the nature of the process of knowledge in science education. However, whether the “prediction-observation-explanation” (POE) inquiry-based learning model can facilitate fifth graders’ concept achievement and SEBs in science
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THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT FACTORS ON SCIENCE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND TURKEY USING MULTI-GROUP STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Batuhan Özkan,Fatma Noyan Tekeli
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) engagement, as a multidimensional construct, plays an increasingly important role in education. The main purpose of this research was to explore the effects of ICT engagement factors on science performance across Singapore and Turkey conditional to the sufficient degree of measurement invariance of ICT engagement scale. The multi-group confirmatory factor
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THE EFFECT OF USING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS ON GRADE 11 LEARNERS’ PERFORMANCE IN PLANTS BIODIVERSITY IN SOUTH AFRICA Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Israel Kibirige,Kgashane Bethuel Bodirwa
Teachers use different pedagogies to improve learners’ performance. The study explored the effect of Computer Simulations (CS) on Grade 11 learners’ performance when taught Plants Biodiversity. A Solomon Four-Group design was used to cater for internal and external validity. Sixty-six learners were assigned to two Control Groups (CG) taught using CS and 66 learners to two Experimental Groups (EG) taught
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AN EVALUATION OF THE CREATIVE DRAMA METHOD USED IN THIRD- AND FOURTH- GRADE CLASSES ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS BY TEACHING METHOD AND TEACHER EFFECT Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Nilgün Bakkaloğlu,Pınar Özdemir Şimşek
This study deals with the effects of applying drama method in the teaching of environmental issues in science courses on the achievement, retention of learning, student interest and attitudes of primary school students and also whether these effects are dependent on teachers. The study was designed on the basis of the Solomon Four-Group Design. The study is a two group pre- and post-test experiment
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PRIMARY STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE OF STEM DOMAIN-SPECIFIC SELF-EFFICACY BELIEF AND EXPECTANCY-VALUE BELIEF Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Shao-Na Zhou,Lu-Chang Chen,Shao-Rui Xu,Chu-Ting Lu,Qiu-ye Li,De-An Li
Most studies have concentrated in assessing students’ overall attitudes towards science, mathematics, and engineering/technology or the attitude towards individual STEM domain. The present research aims to explore primary students’ gender and grade differences of their STEM domain-specific attitudes including self-efficacy and expectancy-value beliefs, as well as their correlations. The results showed
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THE EFFECT OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ON INTEREST IN STEM CAREERS: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Ning Wang,Aik-Ling Tan,Wu-Rong Xiao,Feng Zeng,Jiong Xiang,Wei Duan
Learning experiences can affect students' interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers. Applying the social cognitive career theory, this study tested and compared the effect size and effect mechanism of formal learning experiences (FLE) and informal learning experiences (ILE) on 1133 tenth-grade students' interest in STEM careers (ISC) through a paper questionnaire
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DETERMINANTS OF SCIENCE TEACHERS’ HEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS: COMBINING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Hüseyin Ateş,Gülcan Demir Özdenk,Cüneyt Çalışkan
This study was conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of determinants of science teachers’ healthy eating intentions and behaviors by combining the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior into one conceptual framework and considering the mediating impact of attitude and intention on behavior. This study was conducted based on cross sectional study design between November
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COMPARISON OF AUGMENTED REALITY AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING ON SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE AND THEIR LEARNING OUTCOMES Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Turki Alqarni
This study examined the impact of the Augmented reality (AR) use on Jordanian 6th grade students' attitudes towards science and their learning outcomes. A quantitative quasi-experimental study is preceded with the Pre-test and Post-test control group design model, where 24 students who identified to have special needs participated in this study and were randomly divided into two groups. Two groups
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UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE INTEGRATING MECHANISMS AND IMPORTANCE OF STEM EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Eman A. AlMuraie,Norah A. Algarni,Nidhal Sh. Alahmad
This study aimed to recognize upper-secondary school science teachers’ perceptions of the meaning, importance, and integrating mechanisms of science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) education, taking in to account the differences between the science teachers’ perceptions according to their specialties, years of experience, and degrees. A closed-ended questionnaire was distributed among 700 science
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DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILDREN ENTREPRENEURIAL SCIENCE THINKING TEST FOR STEM EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Jamilah Ahmad,Nyet Moi Siew
There are limited research studies about the development of test instrument to assess the level of entrepreneurial thinking among children in STEM education. The purpose of this research was to develop an Entrepreneurial Science Thinking Test (ESTT) for primary school children in STEM Education and evaluate its validity and reliability. The ESTT was developed using experiential learning theory which
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PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ VIEWS ABOUT ECOSYSTEM-BASED FIELDWORK IN TERMS OF THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, INVESTIGATIONS, SKILLS AND PROCESSES Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Leonard Molefe,Jean-Baptiste Aubin
Today science teachers are expected to understand the nature of environmental education, and be competent in skills, methods, and procedures relevant to a science discipline. The purpose of this research was to explore pre-service science teachers’ views with regard to environmental education, investigation conducted during a freshwater ecosystem studied, skills developed and the associated stepwise
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NULLIUS IN VERBA: SCIENCE VS PSEUDO-SCIENCE/FRINGE SCIENCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Boris Aberšek
The explosion of disinformation about global warming and other ecological problems could be called an infodemic , which is the term used by WHO to describe today’s pandemic situation. An infodemic means too much information, however, its importance can also be passed on to environmental problems. It causes confusion and risk-taking behaviors that can harm the health of our planet. It also leads to
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EXPLORING IN-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT GOALS OR PURPOSES OF SCIENCE TEACHING Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Bob Maseko,Hlologelo Climant Khoza
Research indicates that teachers’ beliefs about goals or purposes of science teaching, as one dimension of science teaching orientations, influence what happens in the classroom. The purpose of this research was to explore the self-reported and enacted goals or purposes of science teaching of four in-service Malawian science teachers using the curriculum emphases concept as a theoretical lens. This
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BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Marisol Lopera-Perez,Alexander Maz-Machado,María José Madrid,Astrid Cuida
Environmental Education has become over recent decades an emerging area of knowledge; its evolution has been conditioned not only by different regional dynamics, but also by international guidelines and trends. Therefore, the literature reports multiple and diverse pedagogical, curricular and transdisciplinary approaches to this topic. Likewise, studies on the dynamics and trends in the generation
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MODELS AND MODELLING IN SCIENCE EDUCATION IN TURKEY: A LITERATURE REVIEW Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Ali Ihsan Benzer,Suat Ünal
This research examined articles about models and modelling in the context of science education in Turkey by using content analysis method. Two specific academic databases; one of which was Dergipark, a platform including the academic journals published in Turkey, and Scholar Google were examined in detail so that totally 71 articles on models and modelling in science education were identified. The
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PAPERS ON CHEMISTRY-FOCUSED SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Muammer Çalık,Antuni Wiyarsi
Although chemistry-focused socio-scientific issues support the ‘relevance’ model of chemistry education, the related literature has lacked any systematic review handling them together. For this reason, this research aimed to thematically synthesize the research papers on chemistry-focused socio scientific issues (SSI) from 2008 to 2020 and inferentially evaluate them in terms of the relevance model
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STUDENTS’ AND STUDENT TEACHERS’ SENSE OF BELONGING TO SCIENCE: WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Markus Sebastian Feser
Forming a sense of belonging to others is a fundamental need of humans as social beings (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). Meeting this fundamental need crucially influences individuals’ intrinsic motivation (Ryan & Deci, 2000) and identity development (Wenger, 1999). Given this, a growing number of studies have investigated the extent to which university students’ success and wellbeing in science education
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EDUCATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT OF TEACHING APPROACH BASED ON GAME-BASED STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEM Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Branka Radulović
Modern approaches in Physics classes which involve the game-based student response system (GSRS) have been in use for a while, but their educational efficiency and students’ involvement have not been examined. Therefore, this research’s main aim was to determine the educational efficiency and students’ involvement of GSRS and to assess their effect on scientific reasoning. The values of educational
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THE COMMON METAPHORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS AS TO DNA-GENE-CHROMOSOME CONCEPTS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Banuçiçek Özdemir
This research was performed to determine the Common Metaphorical Perceptions of Prospective Teachers on DNA-Gene-Chromosome Concepts, despite classroom levels and university differences. For the baseline group studies, two State Universities, one from the east and the other from the north of Turkey, were selected to be studied in the Fall Semester of 2017-2018. They were respectively called University
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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOUR OF PRESERVICE PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Nataša Dolenc Orbanić,Nives Kovač
Environmental education represents an important factor in solving environmental issues and teachers have an important role in developing the environmental literacy of future generations. The aim of the present research was to assess and compare preservice preschool and primary school teachers’ environmental awareness, attitudes, and behaviour, as well as their opinions about environmental education
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COMPARISON OF SCHOOL BASED-COOPERATIVE PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (SB-CPBL) AND CONVENTIONAL TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Wael Musalamani,Ruhizan Mohammad Yasin,Kamisah Osman
This study examined the effect of the SB-CPBL on Jordanian 8th-grade students’ attitude towards science. A quantitative quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group was employed in this study. 120 8th-graders, divided into two groups, were involved in this study. Two groups (60 students, 30 males, and 30 females) were designated as the experimental group; they used the SB-CPBL module
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STEM EDUCATION IN ECO-FARMING SUPPORTED BY ICT AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Tine Pajk,Karel Van Isacker,Boris Aberšek,Andrej Flogie
The presented research focused on developing and testing an innovative interdisciplinary STEM didactic model. The developed didactic model was introduced in the field of eco-farming. To the participants, it offers the possibility for non-formal training, which can take place anywhere and anytime. Participants require some knowledge of STEM subjects (especially chemistry and biology) as well as knowledge
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IMPACT ON HEALTH EDUCATION FROM COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 César Agostinis-Sobrinho,Inga Dailidienė,Alona Rauckienė-Michaelsson
World Health Organization (WHO) health policy for Europe “Health 2020” became a stimulus for many countries to renew their national health policies, and it is a guide of actions (WHO, 2013). Long-term studies proved that health is closely linked to socio - economic indicators, among which age plays a major role, and education. Given that there are as many healthy people as possible, it is especially
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AS A TOOL TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INQUIRY SKILLS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Mária Ganajová,Ivana Sotáková,Stanislav Lukáč,Zuzana Ješková,Veronika Jurková,Renáta Orosová
Formative assessment (FA) is considered a powerful tool to enhance learning. However, there have been few studies addressing how the implementation of FA influences the development of inquiry skills so far. This research intends to determine the efficacy of teaching using FA in the development of students’ inquiry skills. A test of inquiry skills was used as the main research instrument to identify
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CURIOSITY TOWARDS STEM EDUCATION: A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Jamilah Ahmad,Nyet Moi Siew
There are limited research studies about the development of questionnaire to assess the level of primary school students’ curiosity towards STEM education. In this research, curiosity towards STEM Education Questionnaire (CQ-STEM) instrument was developed based on Berlyne’s Theory of Curiosity. CQ-STEM consisted of 10 items measuring the two constructs of curiosity towards STEM, namely exploration
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A NEW ASSESSMENT OF HOCS-ORIENTED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS’ HIGHER-ORDER THINKING ABILITIES BY MARZANO’S TAXONOMY Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 King-Dow Su
This research focuses on students’ higher-order cognitive skill (HOCS)-oriented learning to construct effective hierarchical thinking abilities in their chemical particulate nature of matter. For in-depth knowledge and profound understanding, this research deals with students’ positive developments towards HOCS with a special guidance to Marzanos’ taxonomy. The methodology starts from the retrieval
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TEACHING UPPER-SECONDARY STUDENTS ABOUT CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY: TWO VARIANTS OF THE SYSTEM APPROACH TO ENERGY ANALYSIS Journal of Baltic Science Education (IF 1.232) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 Asila Halilović,Vanes Mešić,Elvedin Hasović,Andrej Vidak
Conventional teaching about the law of conservation of mechanical energy (LCME) often results with students trying to solve problems by remembering similar problems they already covered in classes. Consequently, many students fail to transfer their knowledge to simplest real-life problems. Therefore, a pre-test – post-test quasi-experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of an alternative, system-based