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Hueppauff, Sonia – Teaching Science, 2016
This article describes key facets of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE), a curriculum that emerged in the United Kingdom, enabling teachers to accelerate the process of cognitive development so that more students could attain the higher-order thinking skills (formal operational thinking) required (Lecky, 2012). CASE, also…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
Rowland, Stephen – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
Using the example of a ten-year-old boy working on a science project, the author discusses the question of when and how much the teacher should intervene and direct a child's independent learning activity. (SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Independent Study