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Jeannot, Michael A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
An experiment is described which uses a real-world sample of lawn fertilizer in a simple exercise to illustrate problems associated with the sampling step of a chemical analysis. A mixed-particle fertilizer containing discrete particles of iron oxide (magnetite, Fe[subscript 3]O[subscript 4]) mixed with other particles provides an excellent…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Sampling, Chemistry, Gardening
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Holbrook, Jack; Rannikmae, Miia; Kask, Klaara – Science Education International, 2008
The PARSEL project was initiated to disseminate teaching modules, based on a philosophical model, which was in line with a need to promote scientific literacy, in a manner considered to be both popular and relevant for students. The project was based on the belief that this approach would allow students to better realize that science was for all,…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Learning Modules, Student Reaction, Relevance (Education)
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Fadde, Peter J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
A video mock-up is a "design story", described by Patrick Parrish in a recent "TechTrends" article as "imagining the journey of a learner's experience in engaging with a finished design". A design story allows designers to show their design vision to others and to observe features and benefits of the program as a learner would experience it. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Formative Evaluation, Multimedia Materials, Hypermedia
Berkowitz, Mildred D. – Learning, 1975
Describes an innovative consumer education curriculum at Dartmouth Middle School in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. (JA)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Experimental Programs
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Metcalf, Charles E. – Journal of Human Resources, 1974
Among the many problems in interpreting the results of the experiment is the determination of what can be inferred from a limited duration experiment about the behavioral effects of a negative income tax. This paper examines and interprets experimental data based on the labor supply model. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Labor Supply, Models, Motivation
Graves, Grant O.; and others – J Med Educ, 1969
Paper delivered to the Council of Academic Societies at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968).
Descriptors: Anatomy, Course Evaluation, Experimental Programs, Instructional Innovation
Lennox School District, Los Angeles, CA. – 1961
AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE BY MEANS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION WAS DESCRIBED. IT INVOLVED ALL SIXTH GRADES OF THE LENNOX SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS COULD LEARN A COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE AS WELL BY TELEVISION AS BY THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE EXPERIMENTS. OF THE…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Experimental Programs, Grade 6, Science Instruction
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1970
The Michigan Department of Education received a grant of $42,950 from the U.S. Office of Education under Public Law 89-10, Title IV for the 1969-70 educational research internship program. The Bureau of Research administered the program for the department. The two interrelated purposes of the program were to contribute to the training of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Experimental Programs, Internship Programs, Research Projects
Torrance, E. Paul; Phillips, Victor K. – 1969
Tasks from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were administered to children in a cognitive-structured preprimary program. Results indicated that children entering as 5-year-olds showed a continuity of creative growth and excelled their controls on elaboration at the beginning of grade 1 and end of grade 2. Also, at the end of grade 2, they…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research, Experimental Programs
Couch, James Robert – 1969
The study proposed to determine if an 8-weeks' summer preparatory program in English, math, reading, study aids, science, and group dynamics would enable a particular group of 51 students to compete academically in the first semester of the 1968-69 school year with 51 regularly admitted students. The experimental group was chosen from those…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Experimental Programs, Summer Programs, Two Year Colleges
Bloom, Bernard L. – 1971
The Freshmen Preventive Intervention Program had as its objectives for students the development of greater emotional maturity, more successful adaptation to the college community, less psychological disability, and fewer dropouts in the freshman class. By means of an interactive process using special questionnaires, the participating students were…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Counseling, Experimental Programs
Pinel School, Martinez, CA. – 1971
Pinel is a small, nongraded school for children aged 5-14 in Martinez, California. In 1969, it received a grant to bring together white suburban children and those from minority areas. This was a program of interracial contact primarily for the benefit of white children. It took place over two five-week summer sessions and Thursdays during the…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Experimental Programs, Experimental Schools, Photographs
Johnson, Adele M., Comp. – 1971
This bibliography provides annotations for recent research studies and lists journal articles on preschool programs. The 180 entries offer information for program organizers and administrators, teachers and parents. Included are entries from the ERIC monthly abstract journal, "Research in Education," covering a period from January 1970…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs, Preschool Education
Holt, Raymond M. – 1971
During the past two decades, public libraries have launched numerous outreach programs intended to reach the "unserved" in our society. At least one group has been largely overlooked in this missionary effort - the businessman! While they may not qualify as "deprived" in the socio-economic sense, representatives of business and…
Descriptors: Business, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
Roberts, A. Hood; Woyna, Adam G. – 1972
The project was designed to develop a mechanism for the distribution of free bulletins of abstracts of accepted papers with the full versions available on microfiche or in hard copy from a commercial service bureau. However, the project did not succeed in attracting enough participants to justify its continuation. Because of its experimental…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Sources
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