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Hueppauff, Sonia – Teaching Science, 2016
This article describes key facets of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE), a curriculum that emerged in the United Kingdom, enabling teachers to accelerate the process of cognitive development so that more students could attain the higher-order thinking skills (formal operational thinking) required (Lecky, 2012). CASE, also…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
Croxton, M. E. – South Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1974
Outlines a unit on mice providing an introduction to mammals and simple classification. Describes student activities, concerning mice, using an inquiry approach and the resource materials a teacher might use in utilizing this unit. This is one of some 40 ASEP units designed to help teachers organize and plan science courses. (BR)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, General Science, Instruction, Instructional Materials
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Tonkin, Colin – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1975
Author finds the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) Unit 3 (Places for People) heavily biased toward confortable middle class living and dealing with only one small segment of contemporary society, namely Australia. Author doubts that Unit 305 will help students to understand much about population pressure in underdeveloped countries.…
Descriptors: Opinions, Population Education, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum