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DeTure, Linda R.; Koran, John J., Jr. – 1974
In a pilot study designed to determine whether fourth-grade students can acquire a set of behaviors related to performing certain laboratory activities, 22 students were randomly assigned to either a film-mediated modeling treatment or a control. Students in the treatment viewed a videotape model showing peer leaders engaging in the steps of an…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Instruction
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Barufaldi, James P.; Dietz, Maureen A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1975
A sample of 228 elementary school children in a large eastern city was administered tasks which tested visual perceptions of solid objects, and photographs and drawings of these objects. Results showed that children in grades one, four, and six demonstrate a tendency to perform more efficiently on observation and comparison tasks employing solid…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science