scholarly journals Quantitative Research on Gifted Students’ Scientific Epistemological Beliefs

2021 ◽  
pp. 252-268
Author(s):  
Ilker Ugulu
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Epistemological Beliefs ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
The Difference

This study explores the scientific epistemological beliefs of gifted students. It attempts to investigate gender, age and grade level-based differences in scientific epistemological beliefs. The study group comprised 120 gifted students (67 girls, 53 boys). To determine the scientific epistemological beliefs of these students, the Scientific Epistemological Beliefs Survey was employed. The results reveal that while the average scores of fifth and sixth-grade students were close to each other, the highest mean epistemological beliefs score was at the seventh and eighth-grade levels. Thus, there is a positive change in the scientific epistemological beliefs of gifted students who receive more science education. Statistically, the results showed that the difference between the epistemological beliefs scores of the female and male students was not statistically significant.

scholarly journals Differences and Similarities in Scientists’ Images Among Popular USA Middle Grades Science Textbooks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hite
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Physical Science ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
White Male ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Textbooks ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Images Of Scientists

<p style="text-align: justify;">Research on students’ perceptions of scientists is ongoing, starting with early research by Mead and Metraux in the 1950s and continuing in the present. Continued research interest in this area is likely due to scholarship suggesting adolescents’ impressions of scientists are sourced in-part from media, which influence their interests in science and identity in becoming a scientist. A significant source of images, in which adolescents (or middle school students) view science and scientists, is in their science textbooks. A qualitative content analysis explored images of scientists in three of the major U.S.-based middle grade science textbooks published in the new millennium: sixth grade biology, seventh grade earth science, and eighth grade physical science. The Draw A Scientist Test (DAST) Checklist was employed to assess scientists’ images and the stereotypes therein. From nine textbooks, 435 images of scientists were coded and analyzed by publisher and grade level / area by DAST constructs of appearance, location, careers, and scientific activities. Statistical analyses showed significant variances between grade levels and textbook publishers of scientists. Despite scientists portrayed in active endeavors, traditional tropes of the scowling, older, solitary, white male scientist persist. This study offers insight in leveraging improved images of scientists in textbooks.</p>

The Critical Role of Elementary School Mathematics in Equalizing Opportunity

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
Lucy W. Sells
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Remedial Courses ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Catch Up

In many school districts across the country, students' assignment to mathematics courses in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades is based on scores on proficiency tests given in the sixth grade. Students who are seriously below grade level on these tests get assigned to remedial courses so that they have the opportunity to catch up. Students who do not master the basic skills needed to catch up will never make it through the algebra and geometry courses required for admission to many colleges, and increasingly required for advancement in technical fields that do not require a college degree. Thus, failure to achieve mastery of arithmetic skills at grade level presents a serious barrier to job opportunities for students.

The Effect on Mathematics Achievement and Attitude of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Grouping of Gifted Sixth-Grade Students

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Heterogeneous Grouping ◽  
Homogeneous Grouping ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Low Ability

The primary purpose of this study was to identify the effect on mathematics achievement and attitude of homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping of gifted sixth grade students. The secondary purpose was to find the effect on mathematics achievement and attitude of homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping on average- and low-ability students. There were 208 subjects in the study. The results indicated that there was a positive effect for achievement in mathematics for identified gifted sixth graders in homogeneous grouping when compared to gifted students in heterogeneous grouping using the TOMA (Test of Mathematical Abilities) – Computation Subtest. No statistically significant difference was found for mathematics achievement for average and low ability students based on grouping. Quantitative and qualitative results will be shared related to students' attitudes toward grouping.

The Relationship Between Witnessing Bullying, Defending Targets, and Internalizing Symptoms: An Analysis of Gender Differences Among Sixth-Grade Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110581
Author(s):  
Aida Midgett ◽  
Diana M. Doumas ◽  
Matt Peck ◽  
Amanda Windburn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the moderating effect of gender on witnessing bullying, defending, and internalizing symptoms among sixth-grade students at one middle school in the northwestern United States. Results indicated that for females, witnessing bullying was positively associated with depressive symptoms and social anxiety, whereas for males, defending was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Findings suggest the importance of equipping female students with strategies to cope with witnessing bullying and providing male students with appropriate intervention skills for defending targets.

Mathematics, Quantitative and Attitudinal Measures for Elementary School Boys and Girls

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
Gail Fendrich-Salowey ◽  
Mary Buchanan ◽  
Clifford J. Drew
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Mathematical Achievement ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Independent Group ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Below Grade Level

This study examined sex differences in quantitative ability, attitude toward arithmetic, and locus of control as variables that may affect mathematical learning. Subjects were 48 fifth and sixth grade students in one school. Intellectual ability and mathematical achievement levels were controlled. Independent group comparisons with sex and mathematical achievement grade level were examined to determine if significant differences existed between groups. Significant differences were evident on only a single comparison. Subjects below grade level in mathematics scored significantly lower than those at grade level on the operations portion of the Stanford Diagnostic Arithmetic Test.

scholarly journals EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY COURSE IN TERMS OF GENDER, GRADE LEVEL AND PET-KEEPING

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-341
Author(s):  
Dilek Sultan Acarlı ◽  
Hüseyin Abdurrahman Acarlı
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Students Attitudes

Biology course can be difficult for students at times as it includes a lot of concepts and a relatively intense content. At this point, students’ attitude towards biology and biology course is highly important because having developed a positive attitude would significantly affect behavior. In other words, those students who have developed a positive attitude towards biology and biology course are expected to be more interested in class, more enthusiastic for learning, and as a result more successful. In this research, the gender and grade level variables as well as the pet-keeping variable were examined. The effects of these variables on the attitudes of secondary school students towards biology and biology course were examined by MANOVA. The sample of the research, which was designed in a relational survey model, consisted of 1047 secondary school students. In the collection of data, “Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Biology and Biology Course Scale” was used. It was concluded that students who keep a pet have a more affirmative attitude. It was determined that female students have a more affirmative attitude compared to male students and 9th graders have a more affirmative attitude compared to students in other grade levels. Finally, it has been discussed why female students', pet keeping students' and lower grade students' attitudes towards biology and biology course are more affirmative, and suggestions for increasing students' attitudes have been developed. Keywords: attitude towards biology, biology course, secondary school students, pet-keeping behavior.

scholarly journals Metacognitive reading strategies awareness and metacognitive reading strategies use of EFL university students across gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-437
Author(s):  
Zhenita Deliany ◽  
Bambang Yudi Cahyono
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Simple Calculation ◽  
T Test ◽  
Male Students ◽  
P Value ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies

This study investigates EFL students’ metacognitive reading strategies awareness and their metacognitive reading strategies use. It also compares female and male EFL students in terms of their metacognitive reading strategies awareness and metacognitive reading strategies use. The quantitative research method is used through the survey research design. The study involves 53 undergraduate students, consisting of 33 females and 20 males. The data are collected by using a questionnaire of Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategy Inventory (MARSI-R inventory) developed by Mokhtari et al. (2018). The strategies on the MARSI-R inventory were scored on 1-5 scales. The data were analyzed through a simple calculation to find out the level of awareness of the students, and the statistical test of independent sample t-test were conducted to know the difference between females and males. The results show that all of the students possess high metacognitive reading strategies awareness, indicating high metacognitive reading strategies use. Despite there is a different level of awareness between female and male students, further analysis using an independent sample t-test shows that the level of awareness between the two is .742 (p0.05), meaning that the difference is not significant. The result of the research also shows that there are no significant differences in all subscales of metacognitive reading strategies use across gender. The p-value for global reading strategies is .224, for problem-solving strategies is .486, and for support reading strategies is .249. Thus, gender plays no role in determining the metacognitive reading strategies awareness and metacognitive reading strategies use.

scholarly journals OVERVIEW OF GEOMETRIC REASONING ABILITY OF SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN SOLVING FLAT PLANE GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS AT THE INTEGRATED ISLAMIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AL-MAWADDAH SEMARANG IN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-889
Author(s):  
Lilik Sulistyo ◽  
Y.L. Sukestiyarno ◽  
Zaenuri Mastur
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Geometric Reasoning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Reasoning Ability ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Geometric Problems ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Written Test

The purpose of this study is to determine the reasoning ability of sixth-grade students in solving basic geometry problems on a flat plane. The subjects of this study were 6 students from 24 students of the Integrated Islamic Elementary School "Al-Mawaddah", representing the leading public and private elementary schools in the city of Semarang. For research on three intellectual abilities, namely intelligent, moderately intelligent, and less intelligent, two students were obtained for each on the recommendation of the homeroom teacher. The research method used is a mixed method, which is a type of research in which a researcher combines elements of a qualitative and quantitative research approach. The data collection techniques were observation, written test, and interview test. The results showed that the research value exceeded the completeness value (= 70). The validity of the data was carried out by triangulation of different times, and valid data were analyzed to draw conclusions. The following is a profile of students' basic geometric reasoning abilities in solving problems as a form of mathematical ability. The results showed that subjects with high, medium, and low abilities met the indicators of ability and basic geometric reasoning skills, including visual, verbal, drawing, logic, and applied skills.

scholarly journals Effects of Science Journaling on Elementary Students’ Affective Characteristics in Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9691
Author(s):  
Yehee Jeong ◽  
Hyoungbum Kim ◽  
Changhwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Affective Characteristics ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Writing Science

This study investigated how keeping a journal related to issues and concepts in science influences sixth grade students’ affective characteristics, including cognition, interest, and attitude towards science. The development of these characteristics is related to students’ attitudes and interests in learning. Previous studies have primarily focused on the affective characteristics of gifted students, while only a few have focused on elementary students in public schools. We asked 34 grade six students in Korean public schools to keep a journal related to science and technology three times a week for 12 weeks (September–November 2018). The results show students’ perspectives on writing science journals from data, including questionnaires, interviews, and surveys. The results also suggest that keeping a science journal develops students’ affective characteristics related to science. Our findings will contribute to the development of better pedagogies for sustainability and resources for teaching science among elementary students.

The Perceived Work Ethic of K-12 Teachers by Grade Level Taught (K-6, 7-9, 10-12)

2013 ◽  
pp. 553-564
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Petty
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Professional Educators ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
K 12

Most professional educators agree that K – 20 educators have difficult jobs. However, there has been little research conducted on whether the work ethic of teachers of the different grade levels is common to all levels of teachers. Knowledge of any differences could affect training strategies and educational practices. The science of pedagogy implies that all teaching structures and curriculum are the same for teaching children. However, this chapter shows that there are significant differences between teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade from their counterparts teaching seventh grade through twelfth grade. Specific components that are the result of a factor analysis reveal definitive work ethic constructs that differ between levels of teachers. This information could be used to develop more appropriate curriculum for teachers at all levels of teaching.

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