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Gilman, Sharon Larimer; Hitt, Austin M.; Gilman, Craig – School Science and Mathematics, 2015
Through the GK-12 program of the National Science Foundation, graduate student fellows in a coastal marine and wetland studies program were trained to present targeted science concepts to middle- and high-school classes through their own research-based lessons. Initially, they were taught to follow the 5-E learning cycle in lesson plan…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Cotabish, Alicia; Dailey, Debbie; Robinson, Ann; Hughes, Gail – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
The purpose of the study was to assess elementary students' science process skills, content knowledge, and concept knowledge after one year of participation in an elementary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program. This study documented the effects of the combination of intensive professional development and the use of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Process Skills, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Roychoudhury, Anita – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Discusses Vee mapping, a technique to assist students in categorizing the relationship between the conceptual and procedural aspects of science. Presents a study to investigate elementary education majors' (n=27) use of the Vee heuristic and concept mapping for the construction of knowledge; attitudes toward learning science in collaborative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning)