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Direct linkTsui, Chi-Yan; Treagust, David – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2004
This article examines conceptual learning of genetics in a Year 10 Australian classroom from an ontological perspective. The study was part of a larger research project about teaching and learning genetics with computer-based multiple representations. Genetics is an important but difficult topic to teach and learn at school. The study used an…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Genetics, Concept Formation
The Challenges of Observing Geologically: Third Graders' Descriptions of Rock and Mineral Properties
Ford, Danielle J. – Science Education, 2005
The understandings of properties that children develop in the context of rock and mineral identification point to the challenges of observing in a manner authentic to the discipline of geology. The notebook entries of 34 third graders written during the enactment of a commercial unit on earth materials were investigated for their descriptions of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Mineralogy, Discipline, Geology
Mathews, Susann M.; Cornell, Kevin F.; Basista, Beth A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
This article describes the activities that fifth-grade students experienced when learning about the moon, its phases, and eclipses. It illustrates how mathematics and science can be integrated to enhance the learning of both. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Astronomy, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education
Otoya-Knapp, Karina – Teacher Education and Practice, 2005
The author of this article presents a case study of four undergraduate students who participated in a semester-long study at an East Coast Catholic university. The students were involved in critical reflection about their identities within a critical multicultural education class. They were asked to connect their personal experiences to the class…
Descriptors: Race, Undergraduate Students, Change Agents, Participant Observation
Wall, Shavaun; Kisker, Ellen E.; Peterson, Carla A.; Carta, Judith J.; Jeon, Hyun-Joo – Journal of Early Intervention, 2006
Using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, this study analyzed the similarities and differences of variables associated with child care services for low-income families with young children with disabilities and low-income families with typically developing children. Four major variables were analyzed: access to child…
Descriptors: Child Care, Low Income Groups, Young Children, Disabilities
Hooks, Laura McDonald; Scott-Little, Catherine; Marshall, Betty Jo; Brown, Glyn – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
South Carolina recently implemented a new initiative to improve the quality of pre- kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools. This article describes the initiative and examines evidence that such an effort can have a positive effect on early childhood program quality. Data from both classroom observations using the ECERS-R…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Implementation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Surveys
Allhusen, Virginia; Belsky, Jay; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Bradley, Robert; Brownwell, Celia A; Burchinal, Margaret; Campbell, Susan B.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Cox, Martha; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn; Houts, Renate M.; Huston, Aletha; Jaeger, Elizabeth; Johnson, Deborah J.; Kelly, Jean F.; Knoke, Bonnie; Marshall, Nancy; McCartney, Kathleen; Morrison, Frederick J.; O'Brien, Marion; Tresch Owen, Margaret; Payne, Chris; Phillips, Deborah; Pianta, Robert; Randolph, Suzanne M.; Robeson, Wendy W.; Spieker, Susan; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Weinraub, Marsha – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined observed child-adult ratios and teacher-reported class sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional and emotional support, although children were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Literacy, Family Income
Writing in Mathematics: An Alternative Form of Communication for Academically Low-Achieving Students
Baxter, Juliet A.; Woodward, John; Olson, Deborah – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
Classroom communication figures prominently in current math reform efforts. In this study, we analyze how one teacher used writing to support communication in a seventh-grade, low-track mathematics class. For one school year, we studied four low-achieving students in the class. Students wrote in journals on a weekly basis. Using classroom…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Strayer, Janet; Roberts, William – Social Development, 2004
In Roberts and Strayer (1996), we reported that emotional expressiveness and anger were important predictors of empathy for school-age children, and that empathy strongly predicted prosocial behaviors aggregated across methods and sources. In this paper, we report how empathy was associated with direct observations of anger and aggression in peer…
Descriptors: Play, Causal Models, Empathy, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewedMcNair, Shannan; Bhargava, Ambika; Adams, Leah; Edgerton, Sally; Kypros, Bess – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Investigated the types, frequency, and utility of assessment techniques used by elementary school teachers. Found that paper and pencil tests were regularly used by third- and fourth-grade teachers, but rarely by teachers in lower grades. Other forms of assessment, such as observation, checklists and portfolios were used less frequently and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Cynkar, Donna; Rutledge-Gorman, Mark – Primary Science Review, 2004
Spring is the traditional time in Maplewood Elementary School Kindergarten when science instruction receives particular emphasis. It is also a time of promoting greater safety awareness as children increase their outdoor activities on the longer, warmer days. In May 2003, the authors planned to make a link between neuroscience and safety in a…
Descriptors: Safety, Cognitive Development, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
Sahasewiyon, Kirin – Educational Action Research, 2004
This article investigates the dynamic overall picture concerning the development of local curriculum in Thailand through action research conducted by 27 Thai elementary school teachers in three private schools in Fang District, Chiang Mai Province. This was the teachers' first experience with action research. The article examines the following…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Local Issues, Action Research
Abante, Maria E. – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
The colourful, vigorous territorial display behaviour of the Siamese fighting fish, "Betta splendens", has great appeal for both pet enthusiasts and animal behaviourists. Their beauty, longevity, easy maintenance and rearing make them a popular pet and an ideal science laboratory specimen. This investigation utilises "B. splendens" to test for the…
Descriptors: Animals, Undergraduate Students, Science Laboratories, Data Analysis
Warren, Susan L.; Umylny, Polina; Aron, Emily; Simmens, Samuel J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: This research examined the validity of criteria for diagnosing social phobia (SOC) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), where the "DSM-IV" criteria were modified to better identify toddlers who could have these disorders. Method: Diagnoses were made with a semistructured clinical interview that included child observations.…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Anxiety Disorders, Caregivers, Child Behavior
Lawson, Anton E. – Science & Education, 2004
Working from the 1970s to the early 1990s, Walter Alvarez and his research team sought the cause of the mass extinction that claimed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The present paper discusses that research in terms of eight puzzling observations, eight episodes of hypothetico-predictive reasoning, enumerative induction, and Jung's…
Descriptors: Paleontology, Hypothesis Testing, Logical Thinking, Science Education
