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The Field Course Effect: Gains in Cognitive Learning in Undergraduate Biology Students Following a Field Course
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Easton, Eric; Gilburn, Andre – Journal of Biological Education, 2012
Field work and field courses within undergraduate biology degrees have been under threat in recent years for multiple reasons and while there has been widespread support from learned societies, academic staff and students for the retention of field study, there has been little research to support the perceived value of field teaching within this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Field Instruction, Biology, Foreign Countries
Intellectual Development of Students at the Secondary-College Interface in Lebanon.
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Za'rour, George I.; Gholam, Ghada K. – Science Education, 1981
Assesses the level of intellectual development in proportional, combinatorial, and correlational reasoning and the ability to control variables in beginning sophomore students (N=207) at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Compares this level with their performance on achievement tests in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics. (CS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
Enhancing Learning in Science.
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Boylan, Colin – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1988
Reviews the theoretical framework of instructional programs and the emphasis on enhancing formal reasoning ability. Investigates the effect of an instructional program using inquiry-based learning in pre-service science teacher education students. Reports that the promotion of formal reasoning abilities may be achieved through the five-phase…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Development, College Science, Foreign Countries
Student Teachers' Concepts of Purity and of States of Matter.
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Ryan, Charly – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1990
Described in this study are student teachers' frameworks of purity and the related concepts of the states of matter. The concept of natural versus pure substances, classifying states of matter, and implications for teaching drawn from the results are discussed. (Author/KR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Research in Science Education, Volume 18. Selections of Refereed Papers from the Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association (19th, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, July, 1988).
Tisher, Richard P., Ed. – 1988
Selections of papers from the 19th annual conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association are presented in this volume. A diversity of themes are addressed and include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues. These papers focus on issues including: (1) students' misconceptions; (2) classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, College Science
Research in Science Education, Volume 19, 1989. Selected Refereed Papers from the Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association Held at the Frankston Campus of the Chisholm Institute of Technology (20th, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia, July 1989).
Tisher, Richard P., Ed. – 1989
Diverse themes from the annual conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association are addressed in this volume. New topic concerns as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues are identified. Papers focus on issues including: (1) science and technology; (2) classroom practices and processes; (3) international…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, College Science
Research in Science Education, Volume 17. Selections of Refereed Papers from the Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association (18th, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, July 1987).
Tisher, Richard P., Ed. – 1987
A diversity of themes are addressed in the papers presented in this document; they include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues. The papers focus on such topics as: (1) problem solving; (2) cognition; (3) the learning environment; (4) energy education; (5) the use of diagrams; (6) scientific methodology; (7)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Elementary School Science