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Mackay, Lindsay D. – Australian Sci Teachers J, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation, International Education, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Methodology
Olstad, Roger G. – Sci Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Course Evaluation, Scientific Enterprise
Jones, Katherine Maurice – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement, College Science, Physical Sciences, Program Evaluation
Troxel, Verne A.; Snider, C. F. Bill – Sch Sci Math, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Evaluation
Glass, Lynn W.; Yager, Robert E. – Amer Biol Teacher, 1970
Students who solved problems individually or in small informal groups understand science and scientists better than those who solved the same problems (based on BSCS Blue Version) as a class group. (AA)
Descriptors: Biology, Individualized Instruction, Instruction, Problem Solving
Wachs, Stanley Richard – 1966
Determined were differences in understanding the nature of science and scientists and in subject matter achievement between seventh grade students who studied source papers as part of their instruction in science and those who did not. Experimental students analyzed ten source papers related in subject matter content to the local course of study.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, General Science, Grade 7
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Woodman, Charles A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1972
Students whose Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics course was supplemented with the PSSC films did not achieve significantly higher scores on the PSSC Achievement Test or the Test on Understanding Science than students who did not see the films, when intelligence and science background were used as covariates. (AL)
Descriptors: Achievement, Instruction, Instructional Films, Physics
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Durkee, Phillip – Science Education, 1974
Reported is a study having several major purposes. Among these were (1) to investigate the change in "understanding the nature of science" as shown by high school students studying physics-astronomy at a summer science institute and (2) to compare the level of understanding possessed by the summer science group with normative secondary…
Descriptors: Achievement, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Physics
Aikenhead, Glen Stirton – 1972
The test "Measurement About Science and Scientists" (Project Physics, Form 1) was prepared by choosing 101 items from the "Test on Understanding Science" and from the "Science Process Inventory" on the basis of their ability to indicate changes in students' knowledge. The method of building derived tests is described,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Physics, Science Course Improvement Projects
Lavach, John F. – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education
Troxel, Verne Aubry – 1968
The outcomes of 1333 students enrolled in Chemical Educational Materials Study (CHEMS), Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and a traditional chemistry course were compared on the basis of grade and ability level. For the total group, students taking CHEMS and CBA performed significantly better on the American Chemical Society Cooperative Examination in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation
Thomas, Barbara Schalk – 1968
Studied was the effect of instructional method on educational outcomes in an interdisciplinary science uni t taught to 143 eighth grade students of earth science. Compared were the didactic and guided discovery methods of teaching. Also analyzed were the interactions of methods with student characteristics including sex, intelligence, creativity,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Deduction