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Investigating The Pedagogical Content Knowledge Of Georgia 6-12 Science Teachers In Relation To Conservation Of Mass, Lyric Portwood
Investigating The Pedagogical Content Knowledge Of Georgia 6-12 Science Teachers In Relation To Conservation Of Mass, Lyric Portwood
Doctor of Education in Secondary and Middle Grades Education Dissertations
The Law of Conservation of Matter is a crosscutting concept in science that has implications for all disciplines of science. Conservation of Matter concepts are interwoven into all middle school and high school science courses both within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). For students to become scientifically literate, teachers of science must be able to articulate the content accurately to students and anticipate student difficulties and misconceptions in understanding the content. In order to ensure that students successfully learn said content, science teachers must possess both content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. …
Factors Affecting Eighth Grade Students’ Mathematics Achievements In Timss 2015 In Abu Dhabi Emirate, Yousef Ahmed Wardat
Factors Affecting Eighth Grade Students’ Mathematics Achievements In Timss 2015 In Abu Dhabi Emirate, Yousef Ahmed Wardat
Dissertations
This study aimed to identify the factors affecting mathematics achievement of eighth grade students in Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS, 2015) and to determine mathematics teachers' perceptions of TIMSS in Abu Dhabi Emirate schools. The first part of the study sample consisted of 4,838 students of grade eight (2,172 girls, 2,666 boys) and 156 respective school principals, and 220 mathematics teachers from Abu Dhabi, who attended TIMSS 2015. Study data was obtained from TIMSS 2015 student, teacher, school questionnaires, as well as cognitive test scores for mathematics. The second part of the study included data from 522 …