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Download full textShymansky, James A.; And Others – 1986
In 1981 a meta-analysis of research in science education was completed by a team of researchers under the direction of Ronald Anderson at the University of Colorado. Individual teams synthesized the extant research using meta-analysis procedures. One of the syntheses showed that the post-Sputnik or "new" science programs on the whole…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Program Effectiveness
Padilla, Michael J.; Ollila, Lloyd – 1979
The purposes of this study were to investigate: (1) effectiveness of three small group teaching methods on the acquisition and retention of seriation abilities; (2) transfer of seriation abilities using the three treatments; and (3) relationship between visual and nonvisual seriation abilities. One hundred twenty first grade Canadian students were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Educational Research
Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – 1989
In 1987, the Cheshire Public Schools initiated a science curriculum review. Teachers, parents, and students recognized that the existing textbook-based elementary science program was a dismal portrayal of such a dynamic discipline. There was community consensus that reading about science and acquiring scientific vocabulary words were not the same…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Peer reviewedJournal of Chemical Education, 1983
Summarizes papers presented during a symposium at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982). Topics addressed included history of summer institutes and high school CHEM Study Program, educational activities of American Chemical Society (ACS), and activities of ACS Committee on Professional Training and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Enz, Judith; And Others – 1982
One hundred eighty studies of science inservice projects reported in the literature from 1973-1980 were reviewed. Sixteen of these studies contained sufficient data for meta-analysis (technique by which treatment effects can be quantified, standardized, and compared using a "size effect" statistic). The magnitude of the effect of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Daume, Richard J. – 1980
Results are presented of a study determining the effects of type of junior high school science program on science content achievement and science process achievement in the presence of reading achievement, mathematics achievement, and sex. Two groups of ninth-grade students (N=50) were randomly selected to participate in either an ISCS program or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
