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The Nation's Report Card Science 2009 State Snapshot Report. Indiana. Grade 8, Public Schools
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Guided by a new framework, the NAEP science assessment was updated in 2009 to keep the content current with key developments in science, curriculum standards, assessments, and research. The 2009 framework organizes science content into three broad content areas. Physical science includes concepts related to properties and changes of matter, forms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Ethnic Groups
The Nation's Report Card Science 2009 State Snapshot Report. Indiana. Grade 4, Public Schools
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Guided by a new framework, the NAEP science assessment was updated in 2009 to keep the content current with key developments in science, curriculum standards, assessments, and research. The 2009 framework organizes science content into three broad content areas. Physical science includes concepts related to properties and changes of matter, forms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Science
Perceptions of Secondary Science Educators of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Learners in Their Classrooms
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Hollenbeck, James; Hristova-Hollenbeck, Darina Z. – Online Submission, 2008
Most information on the teaching of ESL/LEP [English as a Second Language/Limited English Language] students is directed towards elementary students and academic areas other than science. Secondary science teachers need research and information on teaching ESL/LEP students. Secondary science educators in the Louisville Metropolitan area were…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Science Teachers, Native Speakers, Limited English Speaking
Quantitative and Qualitative Changes in Teaching Histology by Means of Virtual Microscopy in an Introductory Course in Human Anatomy
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Husmann, Polly R.; O'Loughlin, Valerie Dean; Braun, Mark W. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
This study compares overall laboratory averages and individual test scores along with a student survey to determine the effects of using virtual microscopy in place of optical microscopes in a large undergraduate human anatomy course. T-tests revealed that the first two laboratory examinations (of four) and the overall laboratory averages were…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SEMINAR, A PROGRAM FOR GIFTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Indiana County Public Schools, PA. – 1964
BEGINNING IN 1958, STUDENTS SHOWING EXCEPTIONAL PROMISE IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A YEAR-ROUND SEMINAR. STUDENTS WERE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF THEIR INTEREST, ABILITIES, AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ON A WRITTEN TEST. THEY ENTERED THE PROGRAM AT THE END OF THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR AND COULD REMAIN IN IT THROUGHOUT…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Gifted, High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum
Indiana Science Proficiency Guide. Fall 1986 Draft.
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. Center for School Improvement and Performance. – 1986
The Indiana State Curriculum Proficiency Guides were developed to provide educators and state decision makers with a framework for evaluating local curriculum and instructional efforts and also to serve as an interactive, self-renewing instrument that would provide the best current thought on student learning needs. This Fall, 1986, Draft of the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
An Evaluation of a Statewide Energy Education Program.
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Krockover, Gerald H.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Describes a study to evaluate the effect of the Energy Education Curriculum Program as perceived by elementary and secondary classroom teachers. Results indicate that energy education is taught in schools when materials and information are made available to the classroom teacher. (RT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Making Room for Science in the Classroom. Project M.A.S.T.E.R. I.
Community Education Roundtable of St. Joseph County, Inc. IN. – 1986
It is often stated that science does not have a central place in the elementary school curriculum, unlike other subjects such as reading, writing, and arithmetic. In response to this concern, a project in Indiana is underway to develop a variety of approaches which integrate new materials, methods, and modes of teaching into the elementary school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Field Trips