Fostering Scientific Curiosity and Professional Behaviors in a Basic Science Curriculum

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (S3) ◽  
pp. 254-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviad Haramati
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Professional Behaviors ◽  
Scientific Curiosity ◽  
Basic Science Curriculum

A case study of a nontraditional basic science curriculum

1982 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 314-322
Author(s):  
GI Roth ◽  
RB Bridges ◽  
AT Brown ◽  
R Calmes ◽  
TT Lillich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Basic Science Curriculum

scholarly journals Content Validation of Basic Education Certificate Examination Questions in Basic Science in Adamawa State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-54
Author(s):  
Maryamu Atari Buba ◽  
Stephen Tizhe Kojigili
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Science Question ◽  
Certificate Examination ◽  
Basic Science Curriculum

The study assessed the content validation of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) questions in Basic Science set by Adamawa State Educational Resource Centre (ERC), Yola, Nigeria. This was to determine the representativeness of the topics and their levels of the cognitive domain in the Junior Secondary School Basic Science curriculum in the Basic Education Certificate Examination in Basic Science question papers from 2013 to 2017. Document analysis research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all past Basic Education Certificate Examination questions in Basic Science. The research instrument used for the data collection was a designed checklist along table of specification. A pilot study was conducted and a reliability index of 0.86 was obtained using Cronbach alpha analysis. Three research questions were raised with two hypotheses tested at 0. 05 level of significance.  The result of the findingp=0.000 revealed that there is no significant difference between the topics in the Basic Science curriculum and those examined in the Basic Education Certificate Examination questions in Basic Science. Again, the result 0.675 showed that there is significant difference between the weights assigned to the various levels of cognitive domain in the Basic Science curriculum and those weights assigned to them in Basic Education Certificate Examination Basic Science question papers. Based on the findings, it was recommended that re-training, workshops, conferences and seminars should be organized for Basic Science teachers and external examiners regularly to update their knowledge on test construction.

Basic science curriculum during residency: justification based on in-training examination scores.

1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (6) ◽  
pp. S109 ◽  
Author(s):  
C P Steffes ◽  
S A Dulchavsky
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
State University ◽  
National Data ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Science Scores ◽  
Regression Slopes ◽  
American Board Of Surgery ◽  
Basic Science Curriculum

The American Board of Surgery is increasing its emphasis on competency in surgical basic science as part of residency training. The 1991 American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE) contained 135 questions designated as basic science to assess residents' knowledge. We reviewed the separate progression of scores in clinical and basic sciences at Wayne State University (WSU) surgical residency and nationally through the 1991 ABSITE report. Regression analysis of WSU data yielded a slope (% correct answers per postgraduate year) of 5.3 for clinical and 2.4 for basic science scores (P < 0.001 by t-statistic applied to regression slopes). These data imply a progression of knowledge during residency but at a significantly slower rate for basic science. The national data confirm this trend, although we were unable to evaluate it statistically. This situation illustrates the need for organized teaching of clinically relevant basic science as part of a residency curriculum.

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