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Evaluating the Effects of Medical Explorers a Case Study Curriculum on Critical Thinking, Attitude toward Life Science, and Motivational Learning Strategies in Rural High School Students
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Brand, Lance G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to measure the ability of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to improve higher order thinking skills; to evaluate the impact of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to help students be self directed learners; and to investigate the impact of the "Medical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
The Effects of a Course in Science and Culture Designed for Secondary School Students.
Cossman, George Wilford – 1967
This study was designed to evaluate the success of an experimental secondary school course for fostering scientific literacy and the development of scientific attitudes. Students were matched using I.Q., sex, grade level, involvement with formal science courses, and cumulative grade point average. Twenty-one "self selected" eleventh and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation, Grade 11
Feasibility of Integration of Selected Aspects of (CBA) Chemistry, (CHEMS) Chemistry and (PSSC) Physics into a Two Year Physical Science Sequence.
Fiasca, Michael Aldo – 1966
Compared, for selected outcomes, were integrated chemistry-physics courses with chemistry and physics courses taught separately. Three classes studying integrated Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC)-Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and three classes studying integrated Physical Science Study Committee-Chemical Education Materials Study (CHEMS)…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking
The Effects of an Independent Laboratory Investigation on the Critical Thinking Ability and Scientific Attitude of Students in a General Microbiology Class.
Norton, Sylvia; And Others – 1985
To demonstrate that properly designed laboratory instruction does provide affective and higher order learning benefits, an experiment was carried out in two replications. The subjects were 80 students enrolled in General Microbiology at Wallace Community College, Alabama. Students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Higher Education