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Peer reviewedBoyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin – Journal of Biological Education, 1991
Questionnaire results indicate that, although first-year, undergraduate science students (n=109) recognize the correct sources of energy for organisms, they simultaneously hold misconceptions about other essential, but nonenergy-supplying, conditions as sources of energy supply. Occurrence rates for these misconceptions vary with the students'…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Biology, Cognitive Development, Higher Education
Download full textNational Assessment Governing Board, 2007
To gauge the civic knowledge and skills of the nation's 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students, an assessment has been scheduled for 2006 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This assessment will enable NAEP to report on trends in civics achievement from 1998 to 2006. The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), NAEP's…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Guidelines, National Competency Tests, Civics
Peer reviewedDi Gennaro, Menina; And Others – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1992
Fifty-three elementary school children were tested on Incidental Science Knowledge, i.e., knowledge acquired by chance outside school, and the results obtained were correlated with intellectual development and cognitive style as measured by interviews and group testing, respectively. Indicates that cognitive style and misconception play a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
