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Aikenhead, Glen Stirton – 1972
The test "Measurement About Science and Scientists" (Project Physics, Form 1) was prepared by choosing 101 items from the "Test on Understanding Science" and from the "Science Process Inventory" on the basis of their ability to indicate changes in students' knowledge. The method of building derived tests is described,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Physics, Science Course Improvement Projects
Download full textBlosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – 1979
Issue four of the fifth volume of "Investigations in Science Education" contains six reports of research articles related to instruction and four individual studies. The individual studies concern correlates of choice for educational opportunities for high school students, the use of a structured interview technique to assess children's concepts,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Instruction
A Study of the Development of an Understanding of Science in Two Junior High School Science Courses.
Sheppard, Kenneth Edgar, Jr. – 1969
This study was concerned with junior high school students' understanding of the scientific enterprise, the methods and aims of science, and of scientists. A comparison was made between the use of the Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) and the traditional general science course approach. The ESCP sample was taught by teachers trained in the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science, Educational Research, Inquiry
