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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:: methods, and (2) teaching strategies that are applicable to the objec- tives of the social studies. 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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