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McAda, Harleen W.; Hedley, Carolyn Neal – Sci Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Instruction, Instructional Materials
Analysis of Instructional Outcomes of Students Involved with Three Courses in High School Chemistry.
Troxel, Verne Aubry – 1968
The outcomes of 1333 students enrolled in Chemical Educational Materials Study (CHEMS), Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and a traditional chemistry course were compared on the basis of grade and ability level. For the total group, students taking CHEMS and CBA performed significantly better on the American Chemical Society Cooperative Examination in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation
Download full textSherman, Jack E. – 1968
In the study, one of each of pairs of average and high ability eighth-grade classes was designated, by random means, as the experimental class. Students in the experimental classes viewed projected 2 x 2 colored slides which represented sequences of the same laboratory activities as those performed by the manipulative group. All other…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Physical Sciences
Peer reviewedStory, Lloyd; Brown, Iva D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
Utilizes a factorial design with the variables "use or non-use of Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) inquiry slides" and "BSCS biology or non-BSCS biology." Eighteen classes of high school biology students were used in the study. Among other findings, groups using BSCS slides were found to be overall superior on…
Descriptors: Biology, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Instruction
Wilson, John Harold – 1967
This study investigated the teaching procedures of two groups of science teachers at the elementary school level. One group had received instruction in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) methods which included the inquiry-discovery approach. The second group had recieved no instruction in any "new" approach. SCIS-educated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science
