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Robertson, Laura; Jones, M. Gail – Science Scope, 2009
The study of biological clocks and circadian rhythms is an excellent way to address the inquiry strand in the National Science Education Standards (NSES) (NRC 1996). Students can study these everyday phenomena by designing experiments, gathering and analyzing data, and generating new experiments. As students explore biological clocks and circadian…
Descriptors: Sleep, Experiments, Critical Thinking, Control Groups
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Reid, Greg; Bouffard, Marcel; MacDonald, Catherine – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2012
Professional practice guided by the best research evidence is a usually referred to as evidence-based practice. The aim of the present paper is to describe five fundamental beliefs of adapted physical activity practices that should be considered in an 8-step research model to create evidence-based research in adapted physical activity. The five…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Physical Activities, Program Effectiveness
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Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Shockley, Floyd W.; Wilson, Rachel E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
We implemented a "how to study" workshop for small groups of students (6-12) for N = 93 consenting students, randomly assigned from a large introductory biology class. The goal of this workshop was to teach students self-regulating techniques with visualization-based exercises as a foundation for learning and critical thinking in two areas:…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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Zhang, Shenglan; Duke, Nell K.; Jimenez, Laura M. – Reading Teacher, 2011
This article introduces a framework designed to improve students' awareness of the need to critically evaluate websites as sources of information and to improve their skill at doing so. The framework, called the WWWDOT framework, encourages students to think about at least six dimensions when evaluating a website: (1) Who wrote this and what…
Descriptors: Credentials, Control Groups, Grade 5, Internet