The aim of this quantitative survey study (N = 287) was to investigate the assessment conceptions three different pre-service teacher groups (classroom teachers, subject teachers and special needs teachers). Assessment were best described by following main factors: 1) learning, 2) for teaching learning 3) as a harmful action. These factors clustered into conception profiles – assessment-cautiou...

www.JCE.DivCHED.org • Vol. 83 No. 5 May 2006 • Journal of Chemical Education 811 Research in science education in the last thirty years has shown that students enter chemistry classes with many preconceived ideas about the behavior of the natural world (1). These ideas, derived from previous physical and social experiences, often lead them to make predictions and build explanations different fr...

following the innovations in conceptualization of intelligence – form iq, mi, to eq, this study attempts to examine the role of emotional intelligence in second language learning and academic achievement. to this end, 328 students were asked to take the eq questionnaire, the correlations between eq and reading, listening, speaking, writing, and gpa were then computed for all participants and ea...

This paper examines computing academics’ conceptions of the Unix operating system, and the purpose of teaching Unix. Interview transcripts from nine academics were analysed phenomenographically. A small number of qualitatively different conceptions of Unix were identified, within two broad categories. The first broad category manifested a technical approach to Unix. Within this broad category, ...

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, organizational optimism and Kant's moral conscientious view on the productivity of first grade high school teachers in Hamadan in the academic year 2018-2019. Method: The method of this study is descriptive-correlational. The statistical population includes all teachers of the first second...

HIGHLIGHTSThis interview study explores beliefs about the instructional role of illustrationsWe compared illustrators', teachers', students' and common people's ideasParticipants' responses were internally coherent and close to multimedia learning theoryWe propose and discuss an integrated multimedia learning model An interview study, based on specific pictures taken from textbooks used in prim...