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Integrating Process Skills Instruction into the Traditional Science Curriculum.
Radford, David L. – 1988
The study of science involves learning the processes of science as well as its content. The recent revival of interest in developing thinking skills has encouraged added emphasis on process skills instruction. A science teacher wanting to add instruction of process skills is faced with several problems: (1) texts and lab manuals are not likely to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Lecture Method
A Comparison of a Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Laboratory and a Traditional Laboratory on Student Achievement at Two Private Liberal Arts Colleges.
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Hall, Donald A.; McCurdy, Donald W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Compared is an inquiry-oriented Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) style laboratory approach with a more directive traditional approach on student outcomes in the cognitive and affective domains of learning. Differences in science achievement, reasoning ability, attitude, and stages of development are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science