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Designing a Likert-Type Scale to Assess Attitude toward Metrication.
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Shrigley, Robert L.; Trueblood, Cecil R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1979
Describes the design of an instrument to measure the attitudes of teachers toward metrication, and reports on its reliability and validity. (GA)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instrumentation
A Comparison of Two Different Approaches for Teaching Volume Units of the Metric System
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Bilbo, Thomas E.; Milkent, Marlene M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1978
Two instructional approaches and a control group were used in this study. Metric instruction in a college introductory physical science course was divided between: a) Approach A in which volume instruction followed that of length and area; b) Approach B in which volume was stressed but area was not introduced; and Approach C, the control (no…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instruction
The Effects of Immediate Achievement and Retention of Middle School Students Involved in a Metric Unit Designed to Promote the Development of Estimating Skills.
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Jones, Michael L.; Rowsey, Robert E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Seventh-grade students (n=397) were studied to determine the effect on immediate achievement and retention of a unit designed to promote the development of estimating skills involved in metric measuring. Identical metric instruction was used with the exception of activities in estimation for the treatment group. The treatment group retained…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Estimation (Mathematics), Grade 7