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Download full textFraser, Barry J.; Tobin, Kenneth – What Research Says to the Science and Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Teachers rarely get to see good teaching in the classes of others, usually because they are too busy in their own classrooms. The teaching practices of mathematics and science teachers recognized as good teachers in Western Australia were studied in the hope that other teachers might learn from these findings. Exemplary teachers (n=22) and a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Stepanek, Jennifer, Ed. – 2000
This topical series is produced twice yearly and is intended to help keep school and district administrators abreast of critical issues in mathematics and science teaching and learning. Readers will find examples of and suggestions on how to support teachers as they strive to improve classroom practices and encourage student learning. This issue…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Campus Report, 1987
The theme of this Indiana University-Bloomington newsletter is campus teaching improvement. Anya Royce outlines efforts of the Dean of Faculties Office to help improve teaching overall and especially the training of graduate student instructors, called associate instructors (AIs). Training AIs in three departments is described: Cathy Pons for…
Descriptors: Biology, College Instruction, College Science, Economics
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1987
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of ten published articles related to curriculum, misconception research, and instruction are presented. Aspects addressed in the studies include: (1) Canadian teachers' opinions on changes in elementary and junior high school science programs; (2) current status of ecology education in Illinois; (3)…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1984
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of eight studies related to teacher education and two studies related to the nature of science. Analyses in the area of teacher education are on studies of: attitudes of elementary teachers in Trinidad and Tobago (P. Fraser-Abder and R. Shrigley); educators' categorizations of different models of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1987
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of ten articles dealing with various aspects of teacher education are presented in this journal issue. Studies reviewed focused on: (1) preservice secondary science teachers' understanding of the nature of science; (2) laboratory teaching skills; (3) science backgrounds of elementary teachers; (4) use of…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1986
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of six science education research studies and six responses to critiques are presented in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE). Each of the studies addresses some aspects of teacher education. Areas investigated include: (1) effects of inservice training on student learning; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Science, Elementary School Teachers
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Abstractor's analyses of 12 science education research studies are presented. Nine analyses in the first section, focusing on various aspects of science instruction, include: a comparison of different approaches to helping students understand metric units of volume; use of specific questions to cue elementary school students in obtaining…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
