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Balta, Nuri; Sarac, Hakan – European Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This article reports the results of a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of 7E learning cycle in science teaching. Totally 35 different effect sizes from 24 experimental studies, comprising 2918 students were included in the meta-analysis. The results confirmed that 7E learning cycle have a positive effect on students' achievement. The overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes
Chin, Christine – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1993
Reviews literature on using a problem-solving approach in science instruction. Examines teaching strategies associated with such an approach and discusses a problem-solving approach that works in the traditional laboratory. Discusses implications of the approach and provides some suggestions for science instruction. Contains 17 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Cohen, Michael R.; Harper, Edwin T. – Teaching Education, 1991
Through a review of the literature, looks at instructional and curricular issues related to the student-as-scientist model and the critical nature of the teacher's role in expanding school science activities to include this model. (SM)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews
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Cleminson, Andrew – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Examined are two aspects of science education--the nature of science and curriculum reform. Contemporary views on the tentative nature of science and a generative model of learning are synthesized. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
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. – 1988
This document contains the abstracts of most of the papers, symposia and poster sessions presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Subject areas addressed include: teacher preparation, science, technology and society; classroom research; elementary science; process skills;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes