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Shibles, Warren – 1978
Part of the "Teaching Young People to be Critical Series," this book defines and analyzes ethics and ethical terms for children in grade six and older. Intended for individual or group work, the objectives are threefold: reading improvement, reading enjoyment, and student involvement in making the leap from abstractions to practicalities in…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes
Download full textWestern Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
The goal of this curriculum development project is to promote student initiated research into problems of the inner city. Initial project planning is reported in ED 055 012. Emphasis in this annual report is placed on the teacher's role in program development. The first section clarifies how the developers believe teachers should be involved in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Inner City
Lloyd, R. Grann – 1968
Against the background of separate and inferior education for black Americans, the author discusses questions related to the effective teaching of economics to black students today. To the question of differentiated economics education by race, the author qualifies his negative answer by pointing to certain barriers to teaching economics to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, Economics Education
Singer, Jon; Marx, Ronald W.; Krajcik, Joseph; Chambers, Juanita Clay – 2000
Science education standards urge less emphasis on memorizing decontextualized scientific facts and more emphasis on students investigating the everyday world and developing deep understanding from their inquiries. This paper describes work in developing science curriculum materials that support current reform movements. It includes assumptions for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Educational Change
Peer reviewedStreitberger, H. Eric – Science Teacher, 1997
Describes how students use paper-strip molecules in hands-on activities to show the synthesis of larger organic molecules from smaller molecules. Focuses initially on condensation molecules involving the functional groups in alcohol and carboxylic acids. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Educational Strategies, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWalton, Susan A.; Lynch, Maurice P. – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a problem-based unit in which students are charged with the responsibility of discovering what killed the menhaden fish in a local river. Involves the teacher coaching students through the problem and directing them toward resources and lines of inquiry. Enables students to gain an understanding of their local environment and the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Inquiry, Investigations, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedWolfe, Lila F. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1990
A case study is presented of a science class for 10 underachieving gifted intermediate grade students. The paper describes how a focus on overcoming underachievement might conflict with the need for active, hands-on science activities. Suggestions are offered for integrating the goals of raising self-concept while developing skills of inquiry and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Gifted
Peer reviewedEisner, Milton P. – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Uses conic sections, trigonometric functions, and polar coordinates to solve the problem of determining the shape of a baseball outfield fence, given the distances along the foul lines and to straightaway center field. Graphing programs and calculators are utilized to plot different solutions. (MDH)
Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Baseball, Calculators, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedKirschner, Paul; Huisman, Willibrord – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Identifies the problems associated with the use of dry laboratories in science education, presents design considerations for the use of such practicals in science education, and presents examples of innovative nontraditional practicals. Contains 23 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Hands on Science
Greene, Kathleen; Donovan, Sam – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2005
In the process of designing and field-testing bioinformatics curriculum materials, we have adopted a three-stage, progressive model that emphasizes collaborative scientific inquiry. The elements of the model include: (1) context setting, (2) introduction to concepts, processes, and tools, and (3) development of competent use of technologically…
Descriptors: Biology, Information Science, Science Instruction, College Science
Direct linkBuchanan, Becky; Rios, Jose – Young Children, 2004
Teachers' beliefs about science reform have an important effect on how science is taught. This article examines a kindergarten teacher's science curriculum as she seeks to implement five of Washington State's Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) for core concepts and principles of science. The authors examine factors that affect…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Investigations
Ediger, Marlow – 1998
This paper presents four philosophies of science teaching for teachers to use that encourage optimal learner achievement. Information is provided on an experimentalist or problem solving approach, an idealistic or subject-centered science curricula, a decision-making approach, and criterion-referenced procedures for learning. Two psychologies of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Tien, L. T.; Stacy, A. M. – 1998
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of two laboratory environments for introductory chemistry on undergraduate students' inquiry skills. The two laboratory environments are embedded in the same lecture course. The standard laboratory curriculum and instruction are distinct from the curriculum explored in this study, the MORE…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education
Haney, Richard E. – 1989
Numerous scientific concepts and principles underlie the operation of all manufactured products. Increasingly, teachers and science educators are coming to realize that students need more investigative "hands-on" activities and they need to see some rather immediate relevancy of what they are studying if they are to study science with enthusiasm.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
