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A study of the relationship between the elementary science study unit attribute games and problems and the development of divergent-productive thinking in selected elementary school children

Creator:: Huntsberger, John Paul
Abstract:: Acquisition of divergent-productive thinking skills by using elementary science materials constitutes the basic idea of this experiment. The data collected was used to determine statistically if the materials had a significant role in inducing such skills. The Ss were fifth-grade students obtained from two public elementary schools in Oregon. Those...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Evaluation of the influence of multi-level reading materials on the achievement of fifth grade elementary science pupils when placed at reading level by an informal reading inventory

Creator:: Daugs, Donald Roger
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to statistically evaluate the influence of student placement at reading level by means of an informal reading inventory in one kind of elementary science materials. The materials were written at five levels of reading difficulty to better meet the reading ability spread found in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: science content and overall problem solving ability in a study involving 81 fifth grade pupils

A survey of the status and the needs opinion of science education in Oregon during the 1973-74 school year, grades K-12

Creator:: Thompson, Thomas Edward
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: often environmental materials were brought into the classroom and used for science study ETQ-I. 32

Science education in a Philippine village

Creator:: Brush, Edwin Graham
Abstract:: Research was undertaken to describe the teaching and learning of science in a non-Western village with particular attention paid to cultural parameters. Cognitive elements in a Philippine (Tagalog) village and school were analyzed. The local language was studied for its capacity of transmitting scientific information. Verbal interaction in the science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: undertaken to describe the teaching and learning of science in a non-Western village with particular

The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

Creator:: Hoover, John Michael
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: theories to good teaching. The Effects of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on Science

The effects of two selected elementary science study units on divergent-productive thinking and nonverbal cognitive abilities

Creator:: Fick, Donald Leonard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ELEMENTARY SCIENCE STUDY UNITS ON:DIVERGENTPRODUCTIVE THINKING AND NONVERBAL COGNITIVE ABILITIES Abstract

A comparison of theoretical model construction between primary students using science curriculum improvement study materials (SCIS) and non SCIS primary students

Creator:: Harms, Kenneth Kiely
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate one of the effects of the SCIS program in the Corvallis Public Schools. The investigation was based on a comparison of students ability to construct a logical theoretical model from a discrepant event. The total sample consisting of 289 students, was obtained...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Between Primary Students Using Science Curriculum Improvement Study Materials (SCIS) and Non SCIS Primary

A comparative analysis of three approaches to in-service education designed to change the behavior of classroom teachers in the social studies (K-12)

Creator:: Adams, Warren Samuel
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an in-service project for teachers of the social studies (K-12). The project was sponsored by the Region II Committee of the Oregon Council for Curriculum and Instruction (O.C.C.I.) during the period from November 1, 1966 to April 1, 1969....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: teachers included in the study. The ten categories of the system are: accepting feelings, praise and

The use of history of science case studies with first year education students to teach skills involved in scientific thinking

Creator:: Hall, John Franz
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to prepare and statistically evaluate a series of 11 history of science case studies designed to teach the following abilities involved in scientific thinking: 1. Recognizing problems, hypotheses, experimental conditions, and conclusions. 2. Understanding the relationship of evidence to hypotheses. 3. Understanding experimental conditions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this study is to prepare and evaluate history of science case studies which have been organized

An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

Creator:: Ruiter, William Wallace, 1925-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system and that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students. For this study 65 students enrolled in basic electricity at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona were used, distributed in two fall semester...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: teaching system is large group teaching and teacher pacing of lessons. This study is not an attempt to

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A study of the relationship between the elementary science study unit attribute games and problems and the development of divergent-productive thinking in selected elementary school children

Evaluation of the influence of multi-level reading materials on the achievement of fifth grade elementary science pupils when placed at reading level by an informal reading inventory

A survey of the status and the needs opinion of science education in Oregon during the 1973-74 school year, grades K-12

Science education in a Philippine village

The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

The effects of two selected elementary science study units on divergent-productive thinking and nonverbal cognitive abilities

A comparison of theoretical model construction between primary students using science curriculum improvement study materials (SCIS) and non SCIS primary students

A comparative analysis of three approaches to in-service education designed to change the behavior of classroom teachers in the social studies (K-12)

The use of history of science case studies with first year education students to teach skills involved in scientific thinking

An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

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