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Course Letter Grades and Rates of D, W, F Grades Can Introduce Variability to Course Comparisons
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James, Nicole M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Course grades are commonly used as an evaluation metric within institutions and as part of education research. However, using grades to compare across course sections may implicitly assume that grades are awarded similarly and consistently. This article details how different sections of the same course offered differing amounts of extra credit and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Course Descriptions, Grades (Scholastic)
Cognitive Demands of the Reformed Queensland Physics, Chemistry and Biology Syllabus: An Analysis Framed by the New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
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Johnson, Claudia; Boon, Helen; Dinan Thompson, Maree – Research in Science Education, 2022
Learning objectives outline the knowledge and skills to be taught in a subject, thus signaling what is worth learning and what type of thinking is valued. The aim of this syllabus analysis is to determine the cognitive demand of learning objectives in the recently reformed Queensland physics, chemistry and biology syllabus and to analyse whether…
Descriptors: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science Curriculum
Romulo de Carvalho's Humanistic Chemistry Syllabus in the 1948 Portuguese Liceal Reform
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Galamba, Arthur – Science & Education, 2013
This paper scrutinizes the contribution of Romulo de Carvalho to the development of the Portuguese science curriculum, arguing that it was critically informed by his lifetime inclination to the humanities. It focuses on a particular historical event: the 1948 chemistry programme for the secondary school "Liceus". The paper briefly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Educational Policy, Science History
Science and Technology in School Curricula. Case Study 3: German Democratic Republic.
Janke, Bruno; And Others – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Science and Technology in School Curricula. Case Study 4: India.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
National Survey of Secondary Education. Bulletin, 1932, No. 17. Monograph No. 22: Instruction in Science
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Beauchamp, Wilbur L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
This investigation of the teaching of science in secondary schools is based upon the analysis of 58 courses in general science, 45 courses in biology, 27 courses in physics, and 30 courses in chemistry. The courses were obtained from schools in response to a request from the Office of Education for courses which had been revised since 1925. Some…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics, Secondary Education