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Tretter, Thomas R.; Thornburgh, William R.; Duckwall, Mark – Science and Children, 2016
Supporting elementary student understandings of ideas related to Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) can be challenging, especially given the large time and distance scales involved with many of the concepts. However, with effective use of crosscutting concepts and science and engineering practices, important concepts within this content domain…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Space Sciences, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts
Wall, Susan V. – 1982
Case studies of six college freshmen enrolled in freshman composition courses that used sequenced assignments addressed to the same topic all term were used to investigate how students define revision, how their teachers define it, and what is important about the differences in these definitions. The students possessed a common theory of revision…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Models
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Poole, Richard L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1989
Presents a method to teach stoichiometry where a problem is broken down into four factors and two cycles. Offers grams of known, moles of known, moles of unknown, and grams of unknown as the factors. Uses factor labeling as the second cycle. (MVL)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemical Nomenclature, Educational Strategies, Instruction
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1991
This manual for Junior High Environmental and Outdoor Education courses specifically addresses the special needs of adolescent students. A program development model is organized around six elements: (1) outdoor core; (2) personal and group development; (3) environmental core; (4) outdoor expeditions; (5) environmental investigations; and (6)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation