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Adolescents' Beliefs about the Wolf: Investigating the Potential of Human-Wolf Coexistence in the European South
Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos J. (2012)Previous research revealed a rural–urban divide in the acceptance of the wolf. We investigated adolescents’ beliefs about the wolf in rural and urban areas of Greece and Italy. By using a multiple-choice questionnaire, we ...
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Book Chapter
Applying social representations theory in educational evaluation: a methodological framework
Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos J. (Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2008)
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Contextualising the Teaching and Learning of Ecology: Historical and Philosophical Considerations
Lefkaditou, Ageliki; Korfiatis, Konstantinos; Hovardas, Tasos (2014)
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Determinants of environmental behavior in societies in transition: Evidence from five European countries
Korfiatis, Konstantinos J.; Hovardas, Tasos; Pantis, J. D. (2004)Countries of Central and East Europe are in a process of economic, social and political transition. This process provides a unique opportunity for cross-national studies in a context of social transformation and radical ...
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Book Chapter
Development and test of an instrument that investigates teachers' beliefs, attitudes and intentions concerning the educational use of simulations
Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Rotsaka, Ioanna; Hovardas, Tasos (IAP Information Age Publishing, 2011)The purpose of this research was to develop an instrument, namely, a questionnaire that investigates teachers' beliefs, attitudes, and intentions concerning the use of simulations for educational purposes, including for ...
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Book Chapter
Development and test of an instrument that investigates teachers' beliefs, attitudes and intentions concerning the educational use of simulations
Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Rotsaka, Ioanna; Hovardas, Tasos (IAP Information Age Publishing, 2015)The purpose of this research was to develop an instrument, namely, a questionnaire that investigates teachers' beliefs, altitudes, and intentions concerning the use of simulations for educational purposes, including for ...
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Effects of an Environmental Education Course on Consensus Estimates for Proenvironmental Intentions
Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos J. (2012)An environmental education intervention in a university conservation-related course was designed to decrease students’ errors in consensus estimates for proenvironmental intentions, that is, their errors in guessing their ...
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Environmental representations of local communities' spokespersons in protected areas
Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos J.; Pantis, J. D. (2009)Despite the popularization of the environmental discourse, rural environmental belief-systems should not be viewed as homogenous. Focusing on the largest protected area in Greece, we examined heterogeneity in local ...
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Framing environmental policy by the local press: Case study from the Dadia Forest Reserve, Greece
Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos J. (2008)This paper critically examines the way environmental policy is framed by the press. Focusing on the Dadia Forest Reserve (Greece), we investigated the article content of a local newspaper across three subsequent periods ...
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How Much Guidance Students Need When Designing Experiments in a Computer-Supported Inquiry Learning Environment
Xenofontos, Nikoletta; Zacharia, Zacharias; Hovardas, Tasos (2018)
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Impact of a university course on pre-service teachers’ conceptions about environmental issues and environmental education
Korfiatis, Konstantinos J.; Hovardas, Tasos (2008)The paper presents the results of the evaluation of a university environmental course on pre-service teachers’ conceptions of environmental issues and environmental education. The evaluation method leaned on the theory of ...
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Inquiry-based learning and retrospective action: Problematizing student work in a computer-supported learning environment
Xenofontos, Nikoletta A.; Hovardas, Tasos; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Jong, Ton de (2020)We examined student performance in a computer-supported learning environment after students undertook, among others, a graphing task within an inquiry context. Students were assigned in two conditions: (a) Students were ...
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Investigating secondary school students' unmediated peer assessment skills
Tsivitanidou, Olia E.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Hovardas, Tasos (2011)The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary school students' unmediated peer assessment skills. Specifically, 36 seventh graders, without receiving any kind of support, were anonymously assigned to reciprocally ...
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Learning by creating and exchanging objects: The SCY experience
De Jong, Ton; Van Joolingen, W. R.; Giemza, A.; Girault, I.; Hoppe, U.; Kindermann, J.; Kluge, A.; Lazonder, A. W.; Vold, V.; Weinberger, A.; Weinbrenner, S.; Wichmann, A.; Anjewierden, A.; Bodin, M.; Bollen, L.; D'Ham, C.; Dolonen, J.; Engler, J.; Geraedts, C.; Grosskreutz, H.; Hovardas, Tasos; Julien, R.; Lechner, J.; Ludvigsen, Sten; Matteman, Yuri; Meistadt, Ø.; Næss, B.; Ney, M.; Pedaste, M.; Perritano, A.; Rinket, M.; Von Schlanbusch, H.; Sarapuu, T.; Schulz, F.; Sikken, J.; Slotta, J.; Toussaint, J.; Verkade, A.; Wajeman, C.; Wasson, B.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Van Der Zanden, M. (2010)
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Conference Object
A model-based inquiry approach to explore system dynamics and modeling aspects of the prey-predator system
Hovardas, Tasos; Zacharia, Zacharias C. (2016)
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Book Chapter
A model-based inquiry approach to explore system dynamics and modeling aspects of the prey-predator system
Hovardas, Tasos; Zacharia, Zacharias C. (Springer, 2019)This book introduces state-of-the-art research on simulation and serious games for education. Based partially on work presented at the 3rd Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games (3rd AESSSG) held in Zhuhai, ...
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Peer Assessment among Secondary School Students: Introducing a Peer Feedback Tool in the Context of a Computer Supported Inquiry Learning Environment in Science
Tsivitanidou, Olia E.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Hovardas, Tasos; Nicolaou, Aphrodite (Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2012)In this study we introduced a peer feedback tool to secondary school students while aiming at investigating whether this tool leads to a feedback dialogue when using a computer supported inquiry learning environment in ...
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Peer versus expert feedback: An investigation of the quality of peer feedback among secondary school students
Hovardas, Tasos; Tsivitanidou, Olia E.; Zacharia, Zacharias C. (2014)Few studies have focused on peer assessment at the secondary school level. Consequently, we know very little about the quality of the feedback secondary school students can produce and its potential usefulness. This study ...
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Providing guidance in virtual lab experimentation: the case of an experiment design tool
Efstathiou, Charalampos; Hovardas, Tasos; Xenofontos, Nikoletta A.; Zacharia, Zacharias C.; deJong, Ton; Anjewierden, Anjo; van Riesen, Siswa A. N. (2018)The present study employed a quasi-experimental design to assess a computer-based tool, which was intended to scaffold the task of designing experiments when using a virtual lab for the process of experimentation. In ...
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Rural children's views on human activities and changes in a Greek Wetland
Korfiatis, Konstantinos J.; Hovardas, Tasos; Tsaliki, E.; Palmer, J. A. (2009)We studied the views of Greek children about their likes/dislikes regarding changes to a protected wetland as a result of human activities. We focused on two primary-sector (i.e., fishing, harvest) and two ecotourism (i.e., ...