Browsing Dissertations for Science Education (SE) by Issue Date
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The Effects of Guided Inquiry Instruction on Students’ Achievement and Understanding of the Nature of Science in Environmental Biology Course
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-11)Science textbooks coupled with appropriate instructional strategies play a pivotal role in conveying the educational reform documents vision through students’ teaching and learning of the three domains of science: the body ... -
The Effectiveness of the Science- Inquiry Teaching Approach On the Students’ Achievement and Engagement in the UAE Public Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-06)The guided scientific inquiry investigations are designed to help students reaching particular answers through their high thinking processes and their skills in scientific activities. This paper investigates the impact of ... -
The Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning Strategy in STEM Education for Enhancing Students’ 21st Century-Skills
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-03)The STEM education is one of the new reforms in the science education that enhances students’ scientific and cognitive skills. STEM education is best taught through problem based learning strategies as there are three types ... -
Investigating Metacognitive Awareness and Self-Efficacy of High School Students through Prompted Reflections in Mathematics and Science
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-04)Metacognition has been identified as a crucial component of effective learning of mathematics and science education. It entails students recognizing their learning processes, styles, preferences and self-efficacy. The ... -
Investigation of UAE Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions and Practices of Formative Assessment of Inquiry-Based Learning
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-11)The use of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in science education is seen as one of the effective strategies to develop students’ critical thinking skills and train them to become problem solvers for future problems. Because ... -
Investigating the Impact of Using Cooperative Learning Strategies on Promoting Students’ Science Learning in Private Schools in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-03)Since the 1960s, there has been significant attention given to small-group learning approaches in the educational process. Cooperative learning is one of the most significant teaching strategies to have a substantial ... -
A Study on the Effects of Integrating Web 2.0 Writing and Discussion Applications into Mathematics Instruction on Students’ Reasoning Skills
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-05)Over the past couple of decades, integrating technology into mathematics class instruction has become a rich topic for research attempting to advance the effectiveness of mathematical education and encourage students to ... -
The Nature of Science Aspects That High School Students Exhibit During Debating a Controversial Socio-scientific Issue
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)Over the last century, a lot of investigations were done to enhance the students’ understanding of the nature of the scientific knowledge, as well as, to have the educators agreed to put the nature of the scientific ... -
The Impact of Inquiry based Learning and Explicit Instruction of the Nature of Science on Students’ Views of the Nature of Science
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-05)Education of science has increasingly attracted new and novel approaches. Recent studies have sought to introduce strategies and methods for teaching science that will significantly enhance learners’ capacity to appreciate ... -
Investigation of implementing STEM projects in a selective school in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)STEM education is trending nowadays due to the high demand for STEM careers. A range of countries are developing their educational systems to be capable of producing the required highly qualified future degree holders. It ... -
Investigating Teachers’ perceptions and implementation of STEM Education in The United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-02)With the current international focus on enhancing and improving STEM education, the United Arab Emirates is one of the developing counties that is paying attention to STEM education. This study was conducted to investigate ... -
A study of the effectiveness of inquiry-based learning and project-based learning of science and language subjects at high school level in the U.A.E.
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)The objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of inquiry-based learning and project-based learning approaches in the science and language at the high school level and their effectiveness. The researcher ... -
Examining the perceptions and practices of undergraduate dental students and facilitators about Problem-based Learning (PBL) instructional approach in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)Problem-based learning is useful learner-centered instructional approach in which learners collaborate within small groups to solve an authentic ill-structured problem that has no right or wrong answers. However, designing ... -
Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Critical Thinking of Science Instruction and Lesson Planning in UAE’s Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-05)This study was done to investigate the pre-service science teachers’ perception of critical thinking of science instruction and lesson planning in UAE’s schools. A sample size of 80 female pre-service teachers participated ... -
Elementary Students’ Perceptions of Use of Project-based Learning in Germany
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-06)Group project-based learning is recognized as an effectual method for involving students in a constructive learning environment that enhance their critical thinking, and gear them with the important skills they may need ... -
Investigate stakeholders’ perceptions of best practices of STEM education in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-10)The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in the transition from an oil-based to a knowledge-based economy. This shift requires a workforce that can develop 21st-Century Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ... -
The Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Learning Laboratory Experiments on Science Education Students’ General Science Laboratory Attitudes and Achievement
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-10)The research paper is an analysis of the effectiveness of using inquiry based learning laboratory experiments on science education student’s general science laboratory attitudes as well as achievements. As such, the research ... -
The impact of STEM project-based learning on the achievement of high school students in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-12)Achieving an effective learning can be achieved by improving the cognitive and scientific skills for the students. STEM (Science technology engineering and mathematics) revealed a wide range of improving student's cognitive ... -
Investigating Teachers’ Views of the Importance and Use of Critical Thinking in Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-04)Critical thinking is needed more than ever to handle various challenges accompanied with the rapid technological development. This study investigated mathematics and science teachers’ views about the importance and use of ... -
The aspects of the formative assessments on improving the inquiry skills in science classes for middle and high school students in Al-Ain City, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-06)Assessment for learning has been one of the growing targeted fields in education after conducting many research and studies globally, which proved how it positively affects the learning and teaching process. Formative ...