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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Science performance"”.
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The development of a technology-enhanced, brain-based framework for science education : a South African case study
… to enhance the intrinsic motivation, mindset and science performance of undergraduate university students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in South Africa. The Technology-enhanced, Brain-based and Science Knowledge (TBBaSK) Framework for science education is based on the Technological …
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The Impact of Radiation Damage on Electron Multiplying CCD Technology for the WFIRST Coronagraph
… could be used to estimate the End Of Life (EOL) performance of the instrument and de-risk the utilisation of EM-CCDs for the mission. An in-depth radiation campaign was completed whereby multiple CCD201s were irradiated to multiple fluence levels at both room temperature and the nominal operating …
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How Principal Characteristics Including Experience, Leadership Style, Philosophy, and Education Influence Science Achievement
… and determine how the characteristics influenced science achievement. The context of this inquiry was a school system in the southern United States where 55% of elementary students scored below grade level on the end-of-grade science assessment compared to the state average of 36%. I conducted a …
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The Effects of Gender and Implicit Theories on Science Achievement and Interest in Elementary-Aged Students
… student grade<br />level, implicit views of science ability, science achievement and science interest.<br />Differences by grade level were also explored. The study also considered the differences in male and female implicit theories of science ability, science interest, and science …
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An investigation into predictors of middle school mathematics achievement as measured by the Georgia criterion-referenced competency tests
… Test (CRCT) that could predict mathematics performance on the 2008 CRCT for a cohort of 449 students in two middle schools in Murray County in north Georgia. The student population was 80% Caucasian, 17% Hispanic, and 3% other. It was hypothesized that the predictors would be influenced by …
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Using Science Read Alouds and Inquiry Activities to Enhance Student Writing in Family Message Journals
… students are not proficient writers and that science performance declined in the 1970’s, increased during the 1980’s and early 1990’s, and has been mostly stable since. Perhaps a way to correct some of these problems would be through the use of Family Message Journals in science. The purpose …
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Design and evaluation of distributed spacecraft missions for multi-angular Earth observation
… gaining momentum in their application to Earth science missions owing to their ability to increase observation sampling in spatial, spectral and temporal dimensions. This thesis identifies a gap in the angular sampling abilities of monolithic spacecraft in Earth observation missions and proposes …
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Characterization and mitigation of radiation damage on the Gaia Astrometric Field
… will suffer radiation damage, impacting on the science performance, which has led to a series of Radiation Campaigns (RCs) being carried out by industry to investigate these issues. The goal of this thesis is to rigorously assess these campaigns and facilitate how to deal with CTI in the data …
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The development of critical thinking skills in the sciences
… At the same time, the role and place of the sciences in the curriculum have increasingly been emphasized, the aim being to equip future generations with the skills thought important in taking the country forward. This study is, therefore, set in Saudi Arabia and focuses on the nature and …