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The Concept Map as an Advance Organizer.
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Willerman, Marvin; Mac Harg, Richard A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
A control group of 40 eighth graders completed a unit on elements and compounds. An experimental group of 42 completed concept maps on the same topic. Results of a one-tailed T test demonstrated the usefulness of concept maps as advance organizers. (KR)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
Directed-Inquiry Approach to Learning Science Process Skills: Treatment Effects and Aptitude-Treatment Interactions.
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Germann, Paul J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigates the effect of a directed-inquiry approach to learning science process skills and scientific problem solving in the high school biology laboratory. Reports no main effect of the approach but an interaction effect of the approach and cognitive development. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Biology
The Effects of Combined Advance Organizers and Field Experience on Environmental Orientations of Elementary School Children.
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Gross, Michael P.; Pizzini, Edward L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1979
Investigates whether an environmental program including an advance organizer component and a field experience results in an observable change in the environmental orientations of fifth- and sixth-grade students. Results show positive change. (HM)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development, Educational Research