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Castellano, Katherine E.; Ho, Andrew D. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
This "Practitioner's Guide to Growth Models," commissioned by the Technical Issues in Large-Scale Assessment (TILSA) and Accountability Systems & Reporting (ASR), collaboratives of the "Council of Chief State School Officers," describes different ways to calculate student academic growth and to make judgments about the…
Descriptors: Guides, Models, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Sunal, Dennis W.; Sunal, Cynthia S. – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
Three activities in which students identify and demonstrate similarities and differences in plants and in plant growth are presented. The activities include background information, objectives for the tree ring activities, a list of needed materials, procedures, evaluation procedures, and a glossary. (KR)
Descriptors: Classification, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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de Vos, Wobbe; Verdonk, Adri H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
Differentiates between chemical nomenclature and the common ways that substances are named and described. Students should learn the chemical nomenclature so that they will be more observant and objective. Cites examples of student misconceptions based upon their own imagination and logic. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemical Nomenclature, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Classification
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Trowbridge, John E.; Mintzes, Joel J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Examined the extent to which students' alternative conceptions changed as a function of age. Reports that many alternative views remain intact throughout the school years. Provides several suggestions for teaching and research within the context of a neoconstructivist view of learning. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, College Science, Concept Formation