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Palmer, Ray Alonzo – 1966
Studied were selected aspects of the learning process related to biological concepts and the processes leading to their acquisition. Data were obtained using a series of structured interviews based on jury-graded check lists. The population consisted of 36 randomly-selected students from three randomly-selected classes using Green Version BSCS…
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Instruction
Download full textSchmedemann, Gary Dean – 1970
Examined were the cognitive preferences of sixth grade students in relationship both to student involvement in a program utilizing Elementary Science Study Materials and to the teaching strategies employed by the teachers. Two-hundred twenty-six students of eleven teachers, who had taken part in summer workshops to gain experience in using ESS…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Instruction
Peer reviewedNetburn, Allan N. – Science and Children, 1975
Discusses the A-T approach in conjunction with a structured science program, such as COPES, which provides opportunities for independent study and student self-pacing and is a means for increasing student comprehension. This approach can also help absentee students catch up as well as students who enter mid-year. (BR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Individualized Instruction, Instruction, Learning
Peer reviewedDavison, L. Dale – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
Describes the content, evaluation, and operation of a high school physics course intended for college bound non-science majors. Discusses some advantages and challenges of contract learning. (CP)
Descriptors: Contracts, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Instruction
Peer reviewedThompson, Albert R.; Van Gorp, Daniel – Science and Children, 1975
Describes the working of the Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) project in which high school students serve as learning assistants in elementary school classrooms. (PEB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instruction
Wailes, James R., Comp.; Lampert, Harlan, Comp. – 1975
This bibliography relates the various experimental studies done in elementary school science. Every attempt was made to provide a bibliography that is as comprehensive as possible. Only a selected number of the publications put out by the projects themselves are listed. Bibliographical information is provided for obtaining a continuous source of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Elementary School Science
Raun, Chester E.; Butts, David P. – 1966
Examination of the learning situation might suggest that if students are exposed to situations focusing on inquiry and student involvement, certain changes should occur in student cognitive and affective behaviors as a result of interacting with the strategies of inquiry of a curriculum. From the curriculum materials of "Science - A Process…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development
