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Amir, Nazir; Subramaniam, R. – School Science Review, 2014
A suitable way for teachers to present science content and foster creativity in less academically inclined students is by getting them to engage in design-based science activities and guiding them along the way. This study illustrates how a design-and-make activity was carried out with the aim of getting students to showcase their creativity while…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Instructional Design, Creativity, Kinesthetic Methods
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Bianchi, Lynne – Primary Science, 2013
What do children really wonder about? What encourages children to wonder? Where is space found for children to share their wonderings in school? What, if any, is the role of the teacher in a child's wondering? And what is the value of wondering in primary science classrooms today? Lynne Bianchi shares the answers she and others found in a recent…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods, Discovery Processes
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Norman, Cameron D.; Best, Allan; Mortimer, Sharon; Huerta, Timothy; Buchan, Alison – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
Complex health problems such as chronic disease or pandemics require knowledge that transcends disciplinary boundaries to generate solutions. Such transdisciplinary discovery requires researchers to work and collaborate across boundaries, combining elements of basic and applied science. At the same time, calls for more interdisciplinary health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discovery Processes, Chronic Illness, Disease Incidence
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Hood, Philip – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Offers practical suggestions for a coherent approach to the teaching of grammar in foreign language classrooms. As a context for the ideas offered, the article synthesizes some of the views expressed by recent writers on this subject. The model outlined provides a basis for work designed to focus more on accurate use of language than on…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discovery Processes, Foreign Countries, Grammar