Student competence in understanding the matter concept and its implications for science curriculum standards.

From: School Science and Mathematics | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Liu, Xiufeng | Copyright information

Using the US national sample from the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), this study examined students' competence levels in understanding the matter concept at grades 3, 4, 7, 8 and high school graduation, and compared them to the expectations in the US national science education standards. It was found that third-grade students were developing understanding on mixtures, and fourth-grade students were developing understanding on separating mixtures; sev...

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