{"title":"Analyzing Socio-Economic Indicators to Determine Science Engagement Trends in India","authors":"Amrutha Muralidhar","doi":"10.51853/jorids/14806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/14806","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the dynamics of science engagement within a diverse socio-economic landscape like India is crucial for effective policy-making and educational interventions. In this paper, we explore science engagement in India through an analysis of demographic factors and data-driven communication approaches. Using a comprehensive census dataset covering socio-economic indicators and educational aspects, we identify population segments showing varied engagement in science. By examining the influence of socio-demographic elements, our findings reveal trends shaping preferences for science communication. Our findings emphasize the importance of customized strategies for science outreach among diverse demographic groups in India. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers, educators, and stakeholders seeking to enhance science literacy and foster a more inclusive and equitable scientific culture in India.","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"24 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141651209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abigail Fiona Dzidzinyo, Ebenezer Appah Bonney, Comfort Korkor Sam
{"title":"An Investigation into Weaknesses Exhibited by High School Students on Biological Drawing","authors":"Abigail Fiona Dzidzinyo, Ebenezer Appah Bonney, Comfort Korkor Sam","doi":"10.51853/jorids/12730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12730","url":null,"abstract":"This study was intended to examine the weaknesses Biology students exhibit when required to make biological drawings of specimen they are presented with. The explanatory sequential mixed methods design was used for the study. The target population was all SHS 3 students offering biology as an elective in Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana during the 2020/2021 academic year. The accessible population, however, was elective biology students from six schools in the metropolis. A sample size of 230 students was used. An achievement test and an interview schedule were the research instruments used. The KR 20 value for the achievement test calculated after pilot testing was found to be 0.43. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the students’ scores on the achievement test, while data from the interview were analysed using themes. Students’ weaknesses were on the provision of appropriate headings, avoiding shading, ruling guidelines without arrowheads, and accuracy of features drawn. It was recommended that biology teachers should ensure that the rubrics of biological drawing are at students’ fingertips by giving lots of drawing exercises, marking and discussing shortfalls with students.","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122003296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Factors that Affect Mathematical Achievement Among High School Students","authors":"S. Kaymak, Aidyn Sautkali","doi":"10.51853/jorids/12733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12733","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to examine different factors that affect mathematical achievement among high school students in Kazakhstan. The respondents for this study were 8th and 10/11th grade students (36 girls and 22 boys). A survey was conducted by using a questionnaire for information gathering about different factors relating to mathematics achievement of students. The mathematics performance was gauged by the result of their 3th algebra and geometry quarter grades. The findings indicate that there are positive relationships between teacher factors and student self-confidence attitude with mathematical achievement. The outcomes of correlation analysis show student’s attitude is the significant predictor of mathematical achievement(r=0.424, p<.001) followed by teacher support (r=0.397,p<.001).","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116565975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean Claude Jean Claude Uwayezu, Tharcisse Tharcisse Renzahoduke
{"title":"Supporting Construction Technology Students’ Outside-of- classroom Teaching and Learning Physics at one Rwanda Polytechnic College using a Screencast Application","authors":"Jean Claude Jean Claude Uwayezu, Tharcisse Tharcisse Renzahoduke","doi":"10.51853/jorids/12701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12701","url":null,"abstract":"The use of information and communication technology in teaching and learning science is appreciated to enhance students’ learning process by allowing teachers to create virtual environments and this has been among sustainable solutions since the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess the extent to which screencast application’s learning materials support construction technology students’ outside-of-classroom learning in physics at one Rwanda Polytechnic College. It was a quantitative case study conducted on 128 students who were undertaking the course of physics fundamentals. Screencast application’s learning materials about the topic of thermodynamics were provided during a period of five weeks in parallel with usual teaching and learning and students used them for outside-of-classroom learning. At the end of this intervention, a Likert scale questionnaire was administered to participating students to assess their satisfaction on the support they have received. Only 80 students successively responded to all the questionnaire items and their responses were analysed using percentage frequencies and arithmetic means of Likert scale point scores. The results indicated that students’ satisfaction on the received support was relatively good for collaborative learning (M=4.02, SD=0.04), motivation to learn physics (M=4.14, SD=0.07), independent learning in physics (M=4.13, SD=0.07) and understanding of the topic of thermodynamics (M=4.04, SD=0.08). At the studied College, it was concluded that screencast application’s learning materials support first-year construction technology students’ in their outside-of-classroom learning in physics in good help and good gain category. Scientific studies on the effect of screencast applications on students’ performance in physics are also recommended for large samples in Rwanda Polytechnic College","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129551598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Mathematical Errors Committed by Grade Six Children with Mathematics Difficulties: Implications for Classroom Instruction","authors":"Seleshi Zeleke Teketel","doi":"10.51853/jorids/12500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12500","url":null,"abstract":"A growing body of research has shown that children with mathematics difficulties (MD) encounter problems in a range of mathematical tasks including mathematical computations, mathematical concepts and word problems. However, limited work has been accomplished to date that documented the children’s specific difficulties or problems in each category of mathematical tasks. The present study examined whether or not children with MD face more difficulties with some operations in each category than other operations. The study selected 13 grade six children with MD from two primary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Examination of the students’ performance on a 50-item curriculum-based mathematics test showed that (i) on the computation subtest, the children performed significantly poorly on items with multiplication, division and mixed operations as compared to computation items that require addition and subtraction; (ii) on mathematical concepts, the children performed significantly worse on all items but they performed slightly better on principles and rules; and (iii) on word problems, the children performed significantly poorly on all five types of items (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and mixed operations). Overall, the findings show that children with MD face difficulties with several types of mathematical (computation, concepts and word problem) tasks except computation items that require the application of addition and subtraction.","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114823786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Realistic Mathematics Education on Students’ Academic Performance","authors":"Khurshida Nodirovna Patullayeva","doi":"10.51853/jorids/12515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51853/jorids/12515","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a learning experiment characterized by a sequence of actions based on the use of realistic mathematical education in teaching mathematics. The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in student performance in mathematics after the introduction of realistic mathematics education and traditional education. The research was conducted with 43 students attending the 7th grade of lyceum “Bilim-Innovation” for girls in the city of Shymkent in the fourth semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. According to the scores obtained from the pre-test at the beginning of experiment and the post-test made after the application, it is seen that the lesson taught according to the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach is significantly more effective than the traditional teaching approach among the achievements of the experimental and control groups. This study also discusses the theoretical basis of the intervention and proposes theoretical reasons for choosing Realistic Mathematics Education theory.","PeriodicalId":387197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Didactical Sciences","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127760098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}