2021
DOI: 10.29333/ejmste/10834
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Upper Primary Students’ Views Vis-à-Vis Scientific Reasoning Progress Levels in Physics

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore grade eight students' views in terms of different scientific reasoning progress levels. To explore students' views, phenomenographic study was used. The qualitative analysis of students' interviews elicited three major themes of students' views about scientific reasoning progress levels: naïve, mixed, and scientific, along with the underlying ways of reasoning patterns. It was revealed that students think that scientific knowledge is static, fixed, universal, certain, a… Show more

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“…In contrast, Biology placed comparable emphasis on the next cognitive level, understanding (35 %), and then on the higher-order cognitive skill of analysis (24 %). This is in line with previous studies that reveal most assessment items in education focus only on low-level cognitive skills [ [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] ]. The Ethiopian policy document, however, describes the new curriculum framework as being based on competency-based education, which prepares learners for the challenges of the 21st century and equips them with the necessary coping skills.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
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“…In contrast, Biology placed comparable emphasis on the next cognitive level, understanding (35 %), and then on the higher-order cognitive skill of analysis (24 %). This is in line with previous studies that reveal most assessment items in education focus only on low-level cognitive skills [ [33] , [34] , [35] , [36] ]. The Ethiopian policy document, however, describes the new curriculum framework as being based on competency-based education, which prepares learners for the challenges of the 21st century and equips them with the necessary coping skills.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Classroom-based performance and portfolio assessments differ from traditional assessments in that they primarily evaluate higher-order thinking skills [ 34 ]. Some studies suggest that performance-based assessments are necessary for measuring these skills [ 12 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In Ethiopian education system, policy documents encourage learner-centered strategy for teaching in schools and institutions, however; teacher-centered method is a dominant in the teaching learning process (Alemu et al, 2019;MoE, 2018;Wodaj & Solomon, 2021;Abate et al, 2021). With this fact, students achievements (Daba et al, 2016;Gebremeskel et al, 2018), interests of students to science learning (Sintayehu, 2016), and ability of students connecting learning with real-life situation (MoE, 2018) are low.…”
Section: Purpose Of the Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One of the aims of science education is to help students develop scientific attitudes toward learning and scientific reasoning, which are both seen as fundamental 21st-century skills. According to several studies, students who utilize scientific reasoning may have the following advantages: (1) long-term academic performance, (2) cognitive abilities, (3) decision-making abilities, and (4) problem-solving abilities in daily life (Abate et al, 2021;Mitash et al, 2022;Speirs et al, 2021). Some researchers argue that people who can think critically and creatively, and evaluate and criticize information with reliable evidence are the ones who can survive in the face of uncertain progress and global challenges (Ding, 2018;Lagubeau et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%