Strengthening Learning Progression (LP) for students' reasoning abilities is important, especially learning about diseases in Indonesia. This study aimed to map the learning progression of disease in Indonesia, compare and analyze its similarities and differences with the LP designed by National Research Council (NRC). This qualitative research to…

Electrochemistry is the area of chemistry that studies electron transfer reactions across an interface. Chemistry education researchers have acknowledged that difficulties in electrochemistry instruction arise due to the level of abstraction of the topic, lack of adequate explanations and representations found in textbooks, and a quantitative…

Quality sequence in the social studies is of utmost importance. Sequence emphasizes "when" selected concepts should be stressed in ongoing lessons and units of study. The social studies teacher needs to observe pupils carefully in teaching and learning situations to ascertain suitable, ordered experiences for pupils. Pupils face frustration if the…

THIS VOLUME IS AN APPENDIX TO ED 003 346. SAMPLE COPIES OF THE TESTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED IN THE STUDIES ARE INCLUDED. DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE EXPERIMENTS ON DISCOVERY VERSUS EXPOSITORY SEQUENCING IN A PROGRAMED UNIT ON SUMMING NUMBER SERIES. THESE MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED TO PROVIDE CONCERNED PERSONS WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE…

This textbook aims to (1) train the pupil in that part of arithmetic used in everyday business which he can understand; (2) develop his skill in rapid calculation by short cuts and time tests; (3) show the necessity for checking, and develop the habit of checking; (4) develop the habit of thrift by planning budgets, keeping accounts, and becoming…

THE TRANSFER EFFECTS OF DISCOVERY AND EXPOSITORY INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR SEQUENCING OF INSTRUCTION WERE THE PURPOSE OF THIS TWO-PART STUDY. THE FIRST STUDY COMPARED THE TWO PROCEDURES IN A PROGRAMED UNIT ON SUMMING NUMBER SERIES. SAMPLES FOR THIS PART OF THE STUDY CONSISTED OF 96 NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA STUDENTS, WHO WERE ASSIGNED TO EITHER OF…

Since engineering graduates and other technical students are frequently expected to document their projects as well as present such material orally, a Speech and Technical Writing course was designed at a New Hampshire college to prepare students for both technical writing tasks and oral presentations of their material. The course provides an…

The implicit assumption behind personal writing assignments given at the beginning of a writing course is that personal essays eliminate the writing apprehension of having nothing to say. However, college freshmen find it very difficult to write about themselves and their own opinions because this writing involves abstract mental processes and…

The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…