A theory of planned behaviour-based analysis of TIMSS 2011 to determine factors influencing inquiry teaching practices in high-performing countries     

Pongprapan Pongsophon  Benjamin C. Herman 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(10):1304-1325

ABSTRACT

Given the abundance of literature describing the strong relationship between inquiry-based teaching and student achievement, more should be known about the factors impacting science teachers’ classroom inquiry implementation. This study utilises the theory of planned behaviour to propose and validate a causal model of inquiry-based teaching through analysing data relating to high-performing countries retrieved from the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study assessments. Data analysis was completed through structural equation modelling using a polychoric correlation matrix for data input and diagonally weighted least squares estimation. Adequate fit of the full model to the empirical data was realised. The model demonstrates that the extent the teachers participated in academic collaborations was positively related to their occupational satisfaction, confidence in teaching inquiry, and classroom inquiry practices. Furthermore, the teachers’ confidence with implementing inquiry was positively related to their classroom inquiry implementation and occupational satisfaction. However, perceived student-generated constraints demonstrated a negative relationship with the teachers’ confidence with implementing inquiry and occupational satisfaction. Implications from this study include supporting teachers through promoting collaborative opportunities that facilitate inquiry-based practices and occupational satisfaction.  相似文献   

A Cross-grade Comparison to Examine the Context Effect on the Relationships Among Family Resources,School Climate,Learning Participation,Science Attitude,and Science Achievement Based on TIMSS 2003 in Taiwan     

Shin-Feng Chen  Jing-Ru Wang  Sheau-Wen Lin  Huey-Lien Kao 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(14):2089-2106

This study aimed to examine whether the relationships among family resources, school climate, learning participation, science attitude, and science achievement are different between primary school students and junior high school students within one educational system. The subjects included 4,181 Grade 4 students and 5,074 Grade 8 students who participated in TIMSS 2003 in Taiwan. Using structural equation modeling, the results showed that family resources had significant positive effects for both groups of learners. Furthermore, a context effect for the structural relationship between school climate, learning participation, and science achievement was revealed. In the primary school context, Grade 4 students who perceived positive school climate participated in school activities more actively, and had better science performance. However, in the secondary school context, learning participation had a negative impact and led to lower science achievement. The implications about this result in relation to the characteristics of the two educational contexts in Taiwan were further discussed.  相似文献   

Students’ motivational beliefs in science learning,school motivational contexts,and science achievement in Taiwan     

Cheng-Lung Wang 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(7):898-917

ABSTRACT

Taiwanese students are featured as having high academic achievement but low motivational beliefs according to the serial results of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Moreover, given that the role of context has become more important in the development of academic motivation theory, this study aimed to examine the relationship between motivational beliefs and science achievement at both the student and school levels. Based on the Expectancy-Value Theory, the three motivational beliefs, namely self-concept, intrinsic value, and utility value, were the focuses of this study. The two-level hierarchical linear model was used to analyse the Taiwanese TIMSS 2011 eighth-grade student data. The results indicated that each motivational belief had a positive predictive effect on science achievement. Additionally, a positive school contextual effect of self-concept on science achievement was identified. Furthermore, school-mean utility value had a negative moderating effect on the relationship between utility value and science achievement. In conclusion, this study sheds light on the functioning of motivational beliefs in science learning among Taiwanese adolescents with consideration of the school motivational contexts.  相似文献   

Getting it ‘better’: the importance of improving background questionnaires in international large‐scale assessment     

Leslie Rutkowski 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(3):411-430

In addition to collecting achievement data, international large‐scale assessment programmes gather auxiliary information from students and schools regarding the context of teaching and learning. In an effort to clarify some of the opacity surrounding international large‐scale assessment programmes and the potential problems associated with less than optimal background questionnaires, this paper outlines how auxiliary student background data influence the black box of achievement score construction. This discussion is supplemented with a number of empirical examples that point to possible threats to accurate achievement estimation, including missing data treatment, poor scale reliability, and questionnaire respondents’ misunderstanding or inaccurate answers to the questions.  相似文献   

基于Access2003的高校学生宿舍管理系统     

张裕强 《三门峡职业技术学院学报》2009,8(1):111-112

微软公司的Access2003是一个面向对象的、采用事件驱动机制的关系型数据库管理系统.本文介绍了用AcceSS2003设计高校学生宿舍管理系统的方法及一般步骤,不仅大大提高了宿舍管理工作效率.而且还可以确保数据信息的准确性和安全性.  相似文献   

虚拟机在中职计算机课程WindowsServer2003中的应用     

侯翠华 《成才之路》2009,(29):69-70

本文就如何利用虚拟机软件VMware枸建计算机实验平台以及该平台在WindowsServer2003实践教学中的运用做了一定的研究。其目的是改进计算机专业的实验教学方法,提高计算机实践教学的效果。  相似文献   

网络安全技术的实现与应用     

杨艳燕  郭红转 《科技广场》2009,(3)

随着计算机信忠的飞速发展.网络安全技术成为人们关注的焦点.本文通过实验结果,对照分析了IPv4与IPv6的安全优势.  相似文献   

用PowerPoint制作平抛运动的演示课件   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

熊天信 《中国现代教育装备》2009,(5)

本文介绍应用PowerPoint 2003 制作平抛运动的演示课件,给出了详细的制作过程和方法,课件效果较好,制作过程简单易学,对于只学习过PowefPoint的教师不失为一个较好的方法.  相似文献   

在Windows SharePoint Service平台上构建协作式应用   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

秦红兵  符学斌 《中国教育技术装备》2005,(12):5-8

随着组网技术的日益成熟，很多学校为了协作式学习相继建立了校园区域网。然而由于认识不足和缺乏合适的应用平台，其协作学习仍处于“共享文件央”，以复制粘贴为主的低级层，微软公司为此开发了Windows SharePoint Services2．0。它可以在Windows Server2003中安装一个局域网门户站点，使得学校快速构建office 2003协作办公的理想成为现实，  相似文献   

What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: the potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice     

Julian Elliott  Lazar Stankov  Jihyun Lee  Jens F. Beckmann 《比较教育学》2019,55(1):133-155

ABSTRACT

There appears to be something of an intellectual and philosophical gulf between education researchers who seek insights from statistical analyses of complex data-sets such as those provided by the OECD (PISA), and others who seek to develop rich, contextualised socio-historical understandings that can shed light upon why particular classroom practices operate and are sustained within a given milieu. This paper outlines these different perspectives, with particular reference to non-cognitive factors. Detailed analysis of the roots of high academic achievement, and associated challenges to student wellbeing, in many East Asian countries, is provided. The important influence of broad political and societal factors is highlighted by reference to cross-cultural differences across a large number of countries. The paper concludes by stating that while data from large datasets can assist in gaining greater understanding of cross-cultural differences, to be meaningful, such analyses should be incorporated within complex ecosystemic accounts.  相似文献