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Education Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 2

June 2017 - 24 articles

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Articles (24)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,567 Views
13 Pages

In this study, we provide the outcomes of a survey with Brazilian and German students about two main topics: (1) students’ willingness and motivation to work abroad; and (2) the students’ awareness about current industrial challenges, their knowledge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
16,497 Views
11 Pages

Health Literacy amongst Health Professional University Students: A Study Using the Health Literacy Questionnaire

  • Judy Mullan,
  • Pippa Burns,
  • Kathryn Weston,
  • Peter McLennan,
  • Warren Rich,
  • Shelley Crowther,
  • Kylie Mansfield,
  • Robyn Dixon,
  • Emma Moselen and
  • Richard H. Osborne

Background: This study aimed to assess and compare health literacy levels in a range of university-based health students. Methods: A survey containing the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) was administered to students enrolled in university-based m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,655 Views
22 Pages

Concrete objects used to illustrate mathematical ideas are commonly known as manipulatives. Manipulatives are ubiquitous in North American elementary classrooms in the early years, and although they can be beneficial, they do not guarantee learning....

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,392 Views
20 Pages

Technology is an increasingly important component of education. Children’s mathematical interactions with technology have become a focus of mathematics education research, but less research has investigated constructs that contribute to these mathema...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
18,957 Views
18 Pages

Students with disabilities are often framed as “the problem” and have limited opportunities to engage in standards based mathematics, leading to persistent underachievement. In this paper, we investigate a research divide between mathematics educatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,277 Views
15 Pages

This paper is drawn from a research project that investigates the relationship between teachers’ understanding of the religious identity of Asian background students, and recent Australian curriculum initiatives focused on religion and religious iden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,123 Views
20 Pages

This paper reports on an aspect of a case study of four 11-to-13-year-old students of a Regional Health School (RHS) in New Zealand, using apps on their own mobile devices as part of their mathematics programs. It considers the issue of engaging stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,276 Views
18 Pages

Reconceptualizing Scientific Literacy: The Role of Students’ Epistemological Profiles

  • Rodrigo Drumond Vieira,
  • Viviane Florentino de Melo,
  • Lucy Avraamidou and
  • João Avelar Lobato

In this theoretical article we construct an argument for a pedagogical perspective based on the notion of epistemological profiles for scientific literacy for primary and secondary education. Concurrently, we offer a discussion of the implications of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,183 Views
13 Pages

An Internet-Based Medicine Education Intervention: Fourth Graders’ Perspectives

  • Sirpa Kärkkäinen,
  • Tuula Keinonen,
  • Anu Hartikainen-Ahia,
  • Kirsti Vainio and
  • Katri Hämeen-Anttila

Health education, which also includes medicine education, promotes social sustainability in society. Through the context of Internet-based intervention, this study reports on fourth graders’ (N = 51, aged 10–11 years) perspectives on medicines, their...

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