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Download full textAnderson, Susan Smetzer; Farnsworth, Valerie – In Brief, 2000
This document describes the research project Modeling for Understanding in Science Education (MUSE) which focuses on the improvement of high school students' learning. MUSE research investigated how lower and high achieving students learned to reason, inquire, present, and critique scientific arguments in a genetics course taught during the spring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Genetics, High Schools
Rakow, Steven J. – 1986
The use of the inquiry approach in the teaching of elementary science is examined and advocated in this publication. The position that an inquiry approach is the best way to teach and learn science is upheld and its influence on the development of positive attitudes towards science is stressed. Section titles include: (1) "A Tale of Two Teachers"…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
Petty, Mary Clare – 1975
Data collection and recordkeeping are the topics discussed in this instructional aid. Examples are given of creative ways of recordkeeping developed by children. Justification for the process is presented, such as the kinds of skills that can be developed by keeping science records. The evaluation of childrens' work is discussed and suggestions…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Resources, Elementary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1982
Abstractor's analyses of 12 science education research studies focusing on science instruction are presented. These include: (1) use of Learning Environment Inventory in junior high school classrooms organized for individualized instruction; (2) microteaching and strategy analysis as used in a science methods course; (3) comparison of two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Science, Elementary School Science
