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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Can the Use of Elaboration in Junior Science Education Improve
Academic Achievement among Chinese and Pakistani Students?
Law Lok Kan
(Delia Memorial School (Glee Path), HongKong, China)
Abstract: 40 Chinese and Pakistani S2 students from a local school were invited for this research. They were divided into elaborative interrogation group and rote memorization group for learning 10 hours science topics in 1st and 2nd term respectively. An immediate test and a surprise retest, which consist of factual knowledge part and higher order questions, were given to students. Relative to rote memorization, elaborative interrogation has a significant effect on retention of scientific knowledge on Pakistani in higher order questions.
Key words: science education, elaboration, Chinese and Pakistani students
