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Price, Elizabeth Lamond – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call upon K-12 science teachers to provide authentic science and engineering practices which deepen understanding of core ideas and crosscutting concepts (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Probeware technology provides exposure to these scientific practices; however, there is a disconnect between the frequency…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies
Siler, Stephanie A.; Klahr, David; Willows, Kevin; Magaro, Cressida – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
A central goal of instruction is to enable learners to transfer acquired knowledge to appropriate future situations. One factor that likely promotes far transfer is conceptual coherence (cf. Murphy & Medin, 1985). For elementary and middle-school school children in middle-high-SES schools, "explicit" instruction on the Control of…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Computer Assisted Instruction, Transfer of Training, Socioeconomic Status
McLain, John D., Ed.; Morgan, Don, Ed. – 1971
The conference, which brought together key leaders from other States to share their experiences with year-round education, focuses on key issues raised during an earlier national conference on the same subject. Some of the topics highlighting conference speeches were: year-round education in transition; analyses of quality education, living…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development