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Direct linkPsycharis, Sarantos – Computers & Education, 2011
Contemporary instructional approaches expect students to be active producers of knowledge. This leads to the need for creation of instructional tools and tasks that can offer students opportunities for active learning. This study examines the effect of a computational experiment as an instructional tool-for Grade 12 students, using a computer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Physics, Discovery Learning, Active Learning
Famellette, Judy – 1996
This facilitator's guide, and the videotape it accompanies, is designed to demonstrate ways in which the new visions of science education for the 21st century might be translated into classroom practice. The National Research Council's (NRC) National Science Education Standards, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Benchmarks…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development
Download full textPetrosino, Anthony J., Jr. – 1997
This document examines how a unit on model rockets, designed to be a "hands-on" activity within the "Mission to Mars" curriculum that was implemented in the Nashville (Tennessee) area middle schools, has been used to investigate children's understanding of experimentation. A literature review explores some of the traditional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discovery Processes, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
Famellette, Judy – 1996
This facilitator's guide, and the videotape it accompanies, is designed to demonstrate ways in which the new visions of science education for the 21st century might be translated into classroom practice. The National Research Council's (NRC) National Science Education Standards, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Benchmarks…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Biological Sciences, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
