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The impact of inquiry-based laboratories on improving pre-service teachers’ experimental competency 探究式实验室对提高职前教师实验能力的影响

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2024-04-08 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.06.001

Loan Nguyen Thanh, Van Bien Nguyen, Ngoc Tran

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Mechanical Wave Concepts of Thai High School Students: Comparing Learned and Unlearned Groups 泰国高中生的机械波概念：学习小组与未学习小组的比较

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2024-04-08 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.06.002

Supachoke Puttisanwimon, Sura Wuttiprom

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A Qualitative Description of Biochemistry Students’ Visuospatial Reasoning Difficulties Associated with Amino Acid Models 定性描述生物化学学生与氨基酸模型相关的视觉空间推理困难

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.32.03.002

L. Mnguni

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Exploring the Teacher's Creative Process Based on Amabile's Creativity Componential Theory: A Case Study During COVID-19 in Indonesia 基于 Amabile 的 "创造力连续性理论 "的教师创造过程探索：印度尼西亚 COVID-19 期间的案例研究

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.32.03.003

Sri Rahayuningsih, Rahmat Kamaruddin, Ahmad Budi Sutrisno Sutrisno, Firda Razak Razak

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Success in a Statistics Course: How Important is Grit? 在统计学课程中取得成功：勇气有多重要？

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.32.03.001

Susan Mason, Elizabeth Reid

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Growth Mindset In Physics: Students’ Beliefs About Learning Physics in Middle School And How To Foster A Subject Specific Growth Mindset 物理学中的成长心态：学生对初中物理学习的信念以及如何培养学科成长心态

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.04.002

Laura Goldhorn, Thomas Wilhelm, V. Spatz

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Critical thinking development in physics courses by PBL in virtual collaboration environments 在虚拟协作环境中通过 PBL 培养物理课程中的批判性思维

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.04.003

Laura Muñoz Salazar, M. R. Ramírez Díaz, J. Sliško

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Considering Statistically Equivalent Models when using Structural Equation Modeling: an Example from Physics Identity 使用结构方程建模时考虑统计等效模型：以物理学特性为例

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.04.001

Yangqiuting Li, Chandralekha Singh

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Medical Physics Topics as an Anchor for Physics Learning 作为物理学习锚的医学物理专题

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.04.004

Jessica Fagerstrom

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Student Perceptions and Experiences in Mathematics Classrooms: A Thematic Analysis 学生在数学课堂上的感知与体验:一个专题分析

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI: 10.30722/ijisme.31.02.004

None SYAMA SASIDHARAN, None JACQUELINE KAREEM

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