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Direct linkEndreny, Anna Henderson – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This study aimed to determine how 33 urban 5th grade students' science conceptions changed during a place-based inquiry unit on watersheds. Research on watershed and place-based education was used as a framework to guide the teaching of the unit as well as the research study. A teacher-researcher designed the curriculum, taught the unit and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Water Quality, Land Use, Urban Environment
Peer reviewedKyle, William C., Jr. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1996
Discusses the National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiative. Argues that educational policies and recommendations for educational reform in the absence of restructuring our social commitments to address oppression and poverty will be of little benefit to the many children who live under such circumstances. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Social Agencies
