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Hounshell, Alexandria G.; Farrell, Kaitlin J.; Carey, Cayelan C. – Education Sciences, 2021
Ecologists are increasingly using macrosystems approaches to understand population, community, and ecosystem dynamics across interconnected spatial and temporal scales. Consequently, integrating macrosystems skills, including simulation modeling and sensor data analysis, into undergraduate and graduate curricula is needed to train future…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Concept Formation, Ecology, Undergraduate Students
Rowland, Paul McD.; Adkins, Carol R. – Clearing, 1995
Describes work toward development of environmental decision-making modules that bring together the content of the applied disciplines and the decision-making process. These modules allow students to participate in environmental decision-making in the context of an understanding of the environmental issue. (LZ)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Environmental Education
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Fetherstonhaugh, T.; Treagust, D. F. – Science Education, 1992
This research assessed Australian high school students' understanding of light, developed materials to conceptual change with respect to the concept, and evaluated the effectiveness of teaching strategies utilizing the materials. After instruction, students were able to construct significantly more scientifically acceptable answers. An appendix…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Ukens, Leon; Hein, Warren W.; Johnson, Patsy Ann; Layman, John W. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
Powerful Ideas in Physical Science (PIPS) is a preservice curriculum that provides modules for physical science courses designed for elementary education majors. Because the courses are built on the learning cycle approach, students develop concepts from activities and then apply this conceptual knowledge. A summative evaluation done by Horizon…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Education Majors, Elementary Education, Summative Evaluation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1977
The document is the second in a series of four competency-based inservice teacher education modules in consumer education. The main objective of the program is to assist curriculum developers and elementary and secondary classroom teachers as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a multidisciplinary consumer education program. The present…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Business Cycles, Competency Based Teacher Education