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Klahr, David; Triona, Lara M.; Williams, Cameron – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
"Hands-on" activities play an important, but controversial, role in early science education. In this study we attempt to clarify some of the issues surrounding the controversy by calling attention to distinctions between: (a) type of instruction (direct or discovery); (b) type of knowledge to be acquired (domain-general or domain-specific); and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 8, Teaching Methods, Females
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Pine, Jerome; Aschbacher, Pamela; Roth, Ellen; Jones, Melanie; McPhee, Cameron; Martin, Catherine; Phelps, Scott; Kyle, Tara; Foley, Brian – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
A large number of American elementary school students are now studying science using the hands-on inquiry curricula developed in the 1990s: Insights; Full Option Science System (FOSS); and Science and Technology for Children (STC). A goal of these programs, echoed in the "National Science Education Standards," is that children should…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Textbooks