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Peer reviewedZohar, Anat; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Describes a study designed to determine whether the Biology Critical Thinking (BCT) project (which incorporates activities for developing specific critical thinking skills into the biology curriculum) enhances critical thinking skills and how it affects students' biological knowledge and classroom learning environment. Results indicate that BCT…
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking, Junior High Schools
Download full textFraser, Barry J.; Northfield, Jeffrey R. – 1981
During 1974, materials developed by the Australian Science Education Projects (ASEP) became available in final published form. The publication of these materials was an especially important undertaking since ASEP was the first national curriculum project, in any subject area, to be developed in Australia. This report presents research into four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedSharan, Shlomo; Yaakobi, Duba – European Journal of Science Education, 1981
The Learning Environment Inventory (LEI) was administered to tenth-grade biology classes (N=572) in urban and kibbutz district schools in Israel. Findings indicated that seven out of nine scales of the LEI yield significant differences in scores for urban and kibbutz samples indicating a more positive learning climate in the kibbutz. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of 10 studies related to science instruction and 3 studies related to science curriculum. Analyses in the first section (instruction) are on studies of: the influence of instructional structure and focus of control on achievement; effects of individualized audio-tutorial and frontal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
