scholarly journals The Effect of STEM Activities on Students’ Academic Achievement and Problem Solving Skills: Matter and Heat Unit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Müberra NAĞAÇ ◽  
Serpil KALAYCI
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Heat Unit ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

scholarly journals The Use of Critical Reading in Understanding Scientific Texts on Academic Performance and Problem-solving Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-409
Author(s):  
Özlem Koray ◽  
◽  
Sercan Çetinkılıç ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Science Performance

This study aimed to investigate the effect of critical reading (CR) practices in science courses on academic achievement, science performance level, and problem-solving skills. The experimental method and factorial design were used. The study was conducted with 102 seventh-grade students from a public school in Turkey during the 2014–2015 academic year. Experimental and control groups were formed. CR practices were followed in the experimental group and teaching practices appropriate to the curriculum were used in the control group. Data were collected with the “Multiple-Choice Academic Achievement Test” to determine the students’ academic level in the “Human and Environment Unit: The Science Performance Level Test” to determine their science performance level and the “Logical Thinking Group Test” to determine the level of their problem-solving skills. The variables of academic achievement and science performance levels were labeled “Academic Performance.” Independent samples two-way ANOVA was applied to analyze the data using SPSS 18.0 software. The results revealed that the students in the experimental group, who were taught science using CR practices, were significantly more successful than the students in the control group, whose teaching was appropriate to the current curriculum in terms of academic achievement, science performance level, and problem-solving skills. It is of critical importance to use such innovative practices, which combine various disciplines, to allow students to excel at reading, which is a basic skill, at all educational levels in order to raise contemporary and social individuals.

Visuo-spatial mental imagery and geometry skills in school-aged children

2021 ◽  
pp. 014303432199245
Author(s):  
Maria Chiara Fastame
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
Verbal Reasoning ◽  
Geometric Problem ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Reasoning Abilities ◽  
Geometric Knowledge

The relationships between visuo-spatial abilities and geometry performances in school-aged children were examined. A battery of tests assessing non-verbal reasoning, visuo-spatial mental imagery, and academic achievement in geometry (i.e., geometric knowledge and geometric problem-solving competencies) was presented to 162 8-9.5-year-old pupils attending primary school. After controlling for age, significant associations were found between non-verbal reasoning abilities and knowledge in geometry (r = .31, p = .013) and geometric problem-solving skills (r = .35, p = .005), respectively. Similarly, using age as covariate, mental imagery abilities were significantly related to geometric knowledge (r = -.28, p < .001) and geometric problem-solving skills (r = -.24, p = .002), respectively. Furthermore, pupils with high visuo-spatial mental imagery abilities outperformed their peers with low visuo-spatial competences in the geometry tasks and further visuo-spatial abilities measure computed by their teachers. Finally, male participants showed better geometry skills than females.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Teaching an Educational Unit According to the Learning Cycle-5 Es Model "Bybee" in the Development of Problem-Solving Skills and Academic Achievement in Geography Subject in Grade 9 in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Jamal Abdel Fattah Al Assaf
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
University Education ◽  
Learning Cycle ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Upper Stage ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the learning cycle-5 Es model “Bybee ”in the developmentof problem-solving skills and academic achievement in Geography subject in the ninth graders in Jordan. The studyconsists of 60 students from the University Education Directorate in Amman in the second semester for the year2017/ 2018. The sample was distributed randomly into two groups; one of which is experimental of (30 students) andwas taught according to the Bybee model. The other was a control group, which consisted of (30) students and wastaught in the usual way. The study tools consisted of the cognitive achievement test and the capacity scale forproblem-solving.The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in the average achievement of theninth-grade students in geography subject, due to the impact of the teaching strategy in favor of the experimentalgroup. Also, it showed statistically significant differences in the average achievement of ninth grade students ingeography, due to the teaching strategy of problem-solving skills and in favor of the experimental group.The researcher recommended the benefit of the learning model "Bybee" in teaching the geography subject at allstages of the upper stage.

scholarly journals Impact of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills on Academic Achievement among Nursing Students'

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 932-945
Author(s):  
Nadia Mohamed Ali Saleh ◽  
Gohna Abd El-Naser Ali ◽  
Mona Gamal Mohamed ◽  
Shimaa Hassan Abd El ftah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

scholarly journals Hubungan Antara Keterampilan untuk Sukses dan Prestasi Akademik Siswa Madrasah Aliyah Kabupaten Situbondo

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-107
Author(s):  
Hanik Mufaridah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

The purpose of this study is to find out empirical evidence of the relationship between skills for success and academic achievement of Islamic Senior High School students in Situbondo regency. Data were collected with self-discipline scale, self-efficacy scale, need for achievement scale, self-control ability scale, time management skill scale, problem solving skill scale and scores of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology which analyzed by Spearman correlation. The sample was obtained by using multistage random sampling technique. The results of studies from various literatures conclude that self-discipline, self efficacy, need for achievement, self-control ability, time management skills, and problem solving skills have a significant positive relationship with students’ achievement. And from the findings that will be obtained, there is one factor from the six factors that contribute greatly to the students’ academic achievement, so that factor will need to get attention especially from the teachers.

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