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Pepper, Coral – Issues in Educational Research, 2009
Problem based learning (PBL) is a recognised teaching and learning strategy used to engage students in deep rather than surface learning. It is also viewed as a successful strategy to align university courses with the real life professional work students are expected to undertake on graduation (Biggs, 2003). Problem based learning is practised…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Students, Relevance (Education), Science Laboratories
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Parker, Fran – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1993
Describes and illustrates with pictures a process for making fossil molds using latex solution. Also employs gauze, plaster of Paris, and coloring compounds. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Procedures
Berry, Amanda; Mulhall, Pam; Gunstone, Richard; Loughran, John – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 1999
Reports on how science teachers might work to improve their students' use of science process skills in ways that will contribute to their meaningful learning during laboratory activities. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Strategies, Science Instruction
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Russell, David – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1997
Describes how to measure the penultimate laboratory speed, a stress wave velocity in a solid rod. Also includes background information on stress waves, apparatus, and procedures. Employs a homemade interface for the IBM platform. (DDR)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education