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Download full textKlopfer, Leopold E. – 1964
Evaluated was the effectiveness of the materials of one book, "Charting the Universe," of the six books that comprise the University of Illinois Elementary Science Project. Five hypotheses were tested, including one related to students' general understanding of science, and another related to students' views of astronomy, arithmetic,…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
A Comparison of Student Outcomes in Various Earth Science Courses Taught by Seventeen Iowa Teachers.
Schirner, Silas Wesley – 1967
The effects of the type of earth science course (Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) and non-ESCP), the directness or indirectness of teacher-pupil interaction in various teaching activities (I/D ratio), and the teacher's philosophical orientation (T/NT ratio) on various student outcomes such as understanding of science and scientists;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science
Thomas, Barbara Schalk – 1968
Studied was the effect of instructional method on educational outcomes in an interdisciplinary science uni t taught to 143 eighth grade students of earth science. Compared were the didactic and guided discovery methods of teaching. Also analyzed were the interactions of methods with student characteristics including sex, intelligence, creativity,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Deduction
