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Peer reviewedOsborne, Roger – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1976
Describes how student responses to 26 bipolar adjectives describing laboratory studies are used at a New Zealand university to modify the content of laboratory experiments in physics. (MLH)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Research
Peer reviewedLeonard, William H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
This was an experiment to test the extended discretion laboratory approach versus a guided-inquiry approach for teaching biology in a university setting. Among three criterion variables (examination, reports, and quizzes), only the laboratory report scores showed differences between groups and group-by-instructor interaction. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedCosta, Victoria Brookhart – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Describes school science as a rite of passage, and exposes problems in school science that are made visible through the use of this metaphor. (PR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
