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Larrain, Antonia; Freire, Paulina; Grau, Valeska; López, Patricia; Salvat, Ignacia; Silva, Maximiliano; Gastellu, Vicente – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
Experimental evidence has shown the effect of peer-group argumentation on scientific concept development. However, questions regarding how and why it happens remain. The aim of this study is to contribute, with experimental evidence gathered in naturalistic settings (classrooms), to the understanding of the relationship between peer-group…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Pretests Posttests, Scientific Concepts, Peer Relationship
Goldschmidt, Pete; Jung, Hyekyung – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
This evaluation focuses on the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading: Effective Tools for Developing Literacy through Science in the Early Grades ("Seeds/Roots") model of science-literacy integration. The evaluation is based on a cluster randomized design of 100 teachers, half of which were in the treatment group. Multi-level models are employed to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 4, Emergent Literacy, Integrated Curriculum
Bathurst, Effie, G. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1940
That which legislation many times fails to accomplish with adults, organized public education achieves through children. There is no better way, and perhaps no other way, to save the Nation's natural resources from three centuries of ruthless exploitation than by a program of adequate instruction in the Nation's schools. Children cannot begin too…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Natural Resources, Public Education, Elementary Education