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... the number of points that can be earned for selecting the correct answer is reduced, thus reducing the total score that can be achieved upon completion of the ... See full document

... Validity and reliability are two important criteria to assure the legitimacy of the results of a study. In a well- conducted study, the detailed report of the information and how the researchers obtained the presented ... See full document

... This study was done in a period when there are attempts to develop a framework for the sustainable development and sustainable education in order to emphasize the universal significance of biodiversity, sustainable ... See full document

... a 3-year ...each 2-hour long) dealing with solid geometry within the framework of their studies towards an ...the number of cubes which comprise solids; view of solids from different ... See full document

... The data analysis was grounded in an analytical-inductive method in which lecturers’ responses were coded and then classified according to relevant themes. Coding of the data began with already generated codes such as: ... See full document

... The 29-item positively worded Computer Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) (Durndell, Haag & Laithwaite, 2000) on a 5-point Likert type scale anchored by 1: strongly disagree and 5: strongly agree developed originally by ... See full document

... This was a quasi-experimental study using retrospective data to address retention based on grades in key engineering courses; therefore, there are numerous limitations in the claims that can be implied. This study was ... See full document

... subtract 2 from 20, which would be 18, and you would multiply 18 by 4, because that’s all the s-, cause all the sides in the middle have 4 sides and then you would add 10 from the sides (Turn 36); OK, so you’d add ... See full document

... According to this model, expectancy and value are two fundamental factors controlling and guiding individuals’ behaviors. Expectancy expresses the probability of a behavior which an individual has performed to attain a ... See full document

... In this study, 50 prospective teachers (18 male and 32 female), who were senior-level students studying mathematics teaching at a state university in Ankara, were recruited as participants. Codes P1, P2, …, P49, P50 were ... See full document

... Characteristics of specialized STEM schools vary depending on the context and location of schools. However, most of these schools accept students after a sophomore year of high school experience. Admission into ... See full document

... In order to further contribute to the research literature on the contributions of peer interactions to student learning while engaged in a digital learning environment, thi[r] ... See full document

... larger number of possible force meanings for those ...the number of students displaying multiple best- match meanings in one format or the ...total number of possible meanings that students were ... See full document

... During the fall semester, they taught the units, and then shared their experiences and problems with each other via e-mail exchanges. During the fall short course, the eight teachers developed nine-week long STS module ... See full document

... In this research, qualitative research methods were used to collect and analyze the data and children’s attitudes were grouped toward environmental issues. Results of the study showed that children have mostly ... See full document

... the number of publications published in series had decreased from past to present and they were published as independent ...the number of the publications in “Moving into the twenty-first century” series ... See full document

... really feel like I don’t offer much to the discussion, but I take a lot from it in terms of certain things just because my knowledge is so limited I think compared with everyone else in that group” (interview ... See full document

... Scaffolding has been a useful metaphor for thinking about classroom instruction and indeed in teachers’ development programs since its introduction by Lev Vygotsky (1978). This paper was designed to investigate the ... See full document

... This final session (FG5) was also audio-recorded. I facilitated a professional development segment using a social justice lesson called Poverty and World Wealth: Recognizing Inequality from Gutstein and Peterson (2005, ... See full document

... Because we observed no differences between our full self-explanation and partial self-explanation conditions, we collapsed across the self-explanation conditions to examine differences between self-explanation and ... See full document