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Download full textWeber, Stephen W. – 1995
A study examined the effectiveness of incorporating writing as a tool to master the concepts of physics. Subjects were students in the three traditional physics classes and one non-math or conceptual physics class at East High School in Rockford, Illinois. The instructor tried a variety of methods--students wrote criticisms of Carl Sagan videos,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Content Area Writing, High Schools
Johnson, Phyllis; Marlow, Patti – 1996
A study described and evaluated a program for increasing student retention and transfer of weekly spelling words into daily writing. The targeted population consisted of second-grade students in two different middle-class communities. One community was growing, while the other was more established; both are located in suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Grade 2
