NDLI: PHYSICAL-SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND PATTERNS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT THE PRIMARY-SECONDARY INTERFACE PART 2. ABLE AND TOP-ACHIEVING STUDENTS

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	TSAPARLIS, Georgios KAMPOURAKIS, Constantinos GEORGOUSI, Kyriaki
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Out of nine hundred and seventy-six seventh and eighth-grade students (the total sample), from nine urban and semiurban Greek middle secondary schools, who were tested on part of their basic physics and chemistry knowledge [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.: 2001, 2, 241-252], only 128 students (13.1%) scored relatively well ( able students) and only 58 students (5.9%) scored well ( top students). Boy able and top students outnumbered and outscored able and top girls. The gender gap especially in numbers increased with ability in favour of boys. Importantly, almost all of the able (96.1%) and the top (98.3) came from urban schools. In contrast to the total sample, no difference in the mean scores of the able and the top students between the two grades was observed, although there was an increase in the number of such students from one grade to the next. Compared with the total sample, both the submicroscopic (molecular and subatomic) and the critical-thinking questions had an increased contribution to the scores. Finally, twenty-three of these students were interviewed for the elicitation of reasons for their positive attitude and achievement in primary science. Parental education and involvement (home background) plus the teachers played a key role. The implications of the findings for instruction and learning are discussed. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.: 2001, 2, 253-263]
Starting Page	253
Ending Page	263
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	11094028
Volume Number	2
Issue Number	3
Journal	Chemistry Education Research and Practice
DOI	10.1039/B1RP90027G
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Chemistry Greek language Educ Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Education

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