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Creator:: Cummins, Ernie Lee
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Ellsworth S. Obourn for permission to use the questionnaire, To Mr. John Conway for his cooperation in

Creator:: Sorensen, Lavar Leonard
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to analyze change in critical . thinking between students in laboratory-centered and lecture-demonstration-centered patterns of instruction in high school biology. Twenty biology classes were randomly selected from the four senior high schools in the Salt Lake City School District. Class enrollment ranged from nine students in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Chappel, Ferris Clegg, Robert Cottrell, Ivan Dyreng, Lynn Findlay, J. Malin Hardy, John James, Robert

Creator:: Craven, Gene Francis
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to determine the extent to which students who are completing planned curricula in science education are proficient in aspects of critical thinking, and possess understandings of science consistent with those of the practicing scientist. The effects of science curricula upon the development of these abilities and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . To Dr. Lyle D. Calvin for his guidance in the statistical treat- ment of the data. To Mr. Thomas

Creator:: Hankins, Lela Ruth
Abstract:: The purposes of this investigation were twofold: 1. To determine important criteria for making a selection of course content in general biology. 2. To ascertain what should be the content emphasis in biology for the purposes of general education at the freshman college level. The literature pertinent to the problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Durst, Harold Everett
Abstract:: This study was designed to evaluate the relative effectiveness of a new college general biology course which utilized an audio - tutorial laboratory as contrasted with a traditional lecture course. Five biology classes with 720 students at the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas, participated in the study. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Lamb, Ronald Deane
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of a six week residential summer program of differential education for gifted high school students. It was designed to determine the extent to which participants in the program were proficient in aspects of critical and creative thinking, and in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Congresswoman Edith Green, Senator Wayne Morse, Congressman John Dellenback, and Dr. H. Wentworth Eldredge

Creator:: Beard, Jean
Abstract:: The major purpose of the study was to determine whether science process achievement tests could be developed for administration to groups of primary grade students. Six Basic Science Process Tests (BSPT) were constructed as samples of the format proposed. Each BSPT was designed to assess one of the basic science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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