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CHANGE IN CRITICAL THINKING BETWEEN STUDENTS IN LABORATORY-CENTERED AND LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION-CENTERED PATTERNS OF INSTRUCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY.

SORENSEN, LAVAR LEONARD – 1966

THIS INVESTIGATION WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE CHANGE IN CRITICAL THINKING IN GROUPS OF STUDENTS STUDYING HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY IN LABORATORY-CENTERED CLASSES AND IN LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION-CENTERED CLASSES. TWENTY BIOLOGY CLASSES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE FOUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. TEN CLASSES WERE RANDOMLY…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking

An Evaluation of an Experimental Biology Course Employing Some Cognitive and Noncognitive Achievements as Criteria.

Durst, Harold Everett – 1968

Compared was the relative effectiveness of a new college level general biology course utilizing an audio-tutorial (A-T) laboratory with a traditional lecture course without a laboratory. Five biology classes (two traditional and three A-T) with 720 students at Kansas State Teachers College comprised the population. Seventy students, 35 male and 35…

Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction