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Student Use of Animated Pedagogical Agents in a Middle School Science Inquiry Program
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Bowman, Catherine D. D. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Animated pedagogical agents (APAs) have the potential to provide one-on-one, just-in-time instruction, guidance or mentoring in classrooms where such individualized human interactions may be infeasible. Much current APA research focuses on a wide range of design variables tested with small samples or in laboratory settings, while overlooking…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Science Curriculum, Middle School Students
Teachers' Perspective: Developing and Implementing an STS Curriculum.
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Mitchener, Carole P.; Anderson, Ronald D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Explains science teachers' perceptions and decisions about the development and implementation of a science/technology/society curriculum. Discusses the teacher interviews based on teachers' decisions. Summarizes five themes: concerns over content, discomfort with grouping, uncertainties about evaluation, frustrations about student population, and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Qualitative Research, Science and Society, Science Curriculum
The Enduring Effect of Science Education: Graduates' Views on What They Learnt.
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Powell, J. P.; Cracknell, G. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1987
Studies the interviews of 24 professional scientists to seek their views on the long range effects of their initial training. Analyzes the interviews for content, teaching, and types of learning experience. Concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for science education. Argues for a reduction in content. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Science, Foreign Countries
Understanding of Pollution among 4th, 8th, and 11th Grade Students.
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Brody, Michael J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1991
Utilizing student interviews, this study assessed fourth, eighth, and eleventh graders (n=105) in 11 Maine schools concerning their understanding of 4 natural and social science concepts related to pollution. The results hold direct implications for teaching strategies and curriculum design within the environmental and science education domains.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Environmental Education
Focus on Knowledge. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 3.
Osborne, Roger; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Focus on Topics. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 4.
Tasker, Ross; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Course Content
Perspectives on the National Curriculum in Primary and Secondary Schools.
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Croll, Paul; Moses, Diana – Educational Studies, 1990
Interviews 50 primary school head teachers, 304 primary teachers, and 223 secondary department heads in England and Wales to evaluate the National Curriculum's impact. Reveals primary personnel's concern for increased assessment and recordkeeping and secondary heads' concern over language and science instruction. Discovers anxiety over curricular…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation