Browsing Τμήμα Επιστημών της Αγωγής / Department of Education by Title
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Conference Object Open Access
Ubuntu and African Prison Intellectuals
(2012-07)In his Theses on Feuerbach, Marx famously quipped: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. And yet, I wonder, does this aphorism make sense to a prisoner, especially ...
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Ulysses’ reason, nobody's fault: Reason, subjectivity and the critique of Enlightenment
(2000)Drawing on notions of alienation, reification and rationalization in their book Dialectic of Enlightenment, Adorno and Horkheimer explored the phenomenon of reason as such concerning the subject and the species, and diagnosed ...
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Understanding of the nature and processes of science by selected groups in Cyprus
(American University of Beirut, 1981)
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Understanding Teachers as Designers of Computer-Based Adaptive Instruction
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2018)The paper reports on an intervention implemented for preparing teachers in the design of adaptive e-learning The qualitative analysis included data gathered from a variety of sources and aimed at identifying difficulties ...
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University students' conceptions of function
(2004)“Function”, as it is understood today, formulates one of the most important concepts of mathematics. Nevertheless, many students do not sufficiently understand the abstract but comprehensive meaning of function and problems ...
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Doctoral Thesis
Unpacking teacher knowledge: exploring its structure and contribution to student learning
(S.N., 2015)
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Doctoral Thesis
Unraveling mathematical giftedness: characteristics, cognitive processes and identification
(S.N., 2014)
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Conference Object Open Access
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Urban Middle-School Students' Attitudes Toward a Defined Science
(2004)Recent studies have shown that urban students and students of color have exceptionally negative attitudes toward school science and their futures in that field as compared with white students and nonurban students. In this ...
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The use of computer-based programming environments as computer modelling tools in early science education: The cases of textual and graphical program languages
(2008)This is an interpretive case study seeking to develop detailed and comparative descriptions of how two groups of fifth-grade students used two different Computer-based Programming Environments (CPEs) (namely Microworlds ...
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The Use of Diagrams in Solving Non Routine Problems
(International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004)This paper explores the role of diagrams in a specific problem solving process. Two types of tests were administered to 194, 12 year old students, each of which consisted of six non-routine problems that could be solved ...
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Conference Object Open Access
The use of I.C.T. in the teaching of kinematics at post-secondary level – a case study
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)This paper is meant to probe into the effectiveness of I.C.T. as a teaching resource. An experimental method was adopted as the research design of this study and two groups of students i.e. a test and a control group ...
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Conference Object Open Access
The use of information and communication technology in mathematics - a double irony?
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)When the microcomputer was introduced to schools in the late 1970’s the connection between it and mathematics seemed more than obvious. Educators would have been excused if they thought that technology (and the computer ...
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Conference Object Open Access
The use of mind mapping software to improve primary school students’ ability to construct scientific arguments
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The purpose of this study was to examine elementary school students’ ability to construct scientific arguments. We set out to analyze students’ arguments in aspects of structure and validity of claims, before and after ...
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The use of mobile devices as means of data collection in supporting elementary school students’ conceptual understanding about plants
(2016)The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mobile learning among young learners. Specifically, we investigated whether the use of mobile devices for data collection during field trips outside the classroom could ...
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Conference Object Open Access
Use of questionmark assessment software to improve learning and teaching
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Computer aided assessment (CAA) using Questionmark Perception software can be used to enhance learning through the regular use of formative assessment. The range of question styles available within Perception provide good ...
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Using a multidimensional approach to measure the impact of classroom-level factors upon student achievement: A study testing the validity of the dynamic model
(2008)The dynamic model does not only refer to different effectiveness factors and groupings of factors operating at different levels but also supports that each factor can be defined and measured using 5 dimensions: frequency, ...
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Conference Object Open Access
Using an interactive simulation to enhance procedural skills in grade 5
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The discrepancy between what we teach and what scientists and citizens need is greater than most instructors realise. Science for citizenship and science in the technical workplace, both involve greater emphasis on procedural ...
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Using computer simulations to enhance teaching the structure of materials
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)We discuss computer programs for drawing and analyzing the structure of several types of materials at the atomic level. We begin with simple examples of structure addressed to middle and high school-level students using ...