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Peer reviewedPhillips, D. C. – Educational Researcher, 1981
Debates the value of experimentation as a tool in educational research. (MK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Experiments, Research Design, Research Methodology
Coughlin, Ellen K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Research anthropologists are using experimental ethnographic writing to reveal the kinds of hidden agenda that both researchers and informants bring to anthropological field work, questioning what constitutes truth in an ethnographic account. (MSE)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Ethnography, Experiments, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPrajuli, Pramod – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1986
The author discusses emerging trends in popular education, including various grassroots experiments and projects. He describes popular education not as a component of modernization programs but as a movement that begins with the people. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Trends, Experiments
Peer reviewedHeering, Peter; Muller, Falk – Science and Education, 2002
Describes generations and experiences of an exhibition presented in Spring 1998 at the Oldenburg Museum of Natural History and Pre-History. Discusses the thematic leitmotiv of this exhibition which was to present experiments from the history of physics as a cultural activity. Describes how reconstructions of historical experimental set-ups were…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Experiments, General Education, Museums
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Experimental computer programs are being developed to teach students at all levels and in a wide variety of training fields and track their progress at the same time. (MSE)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Experiments
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Computational science is defined as science done on a computer. A computer can serve as a laboratory for researchers who cannot experiment with their subjects, and as a calculator for those who otherwise might need centuries to solve some problems mathematically. The National Science Foundation's support of supercomputers is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Graphics, Computers, Experiments
Hummel, Thomas J. – 1983
This document discusses the creation of a new formal language for the field of counseling psychology. Constructs for such a language are applied specifically to the communication of research information (especially research concerned with the effects of counselor action on clients) for experimental replication. Grammatical concepts of a formal…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Counseling, Experiments
Peer reviewedDanesh, Iraj – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1987
Described is a Monte-Carlo method for modeling physical systems with a computer. Also discussed are ways to incorporate Monte-Carlo simulation techniques for introductory science and mathematics teaching and also for enriching computer and simulation courses. (RH)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
