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  • Managing subject matter : does it really matter?

    Creator:
    Latz, Mark S.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to identify the management demands that may be unique to science classrooms. The sample consisted of three biology teachers and three language arts teachers from two high schools located within the same school district. To establish a basic framework, two quantitative questions were addressed:...
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    Dissertation
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    emphasizing facts and terminology to the same degree. For the science teacher, a constructivist teaching

  • Evaluation of the implementation of Benin new elementary science curriculum

    Creator:
    Kouton, Adjoke E. J.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current status of the implementation of Benin's new elementary science curriculum. The study used the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), a model designed to evaluate the implementation of educational innovations. Specifically the study attempted to ascertain teachers' concerns about the science curriculum,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    new science curriculum in selected Benin's third and fourth grades. The focus of the study is to : 1

  • Biology teacher's perceptions of subject matter structure and its relationship to classroom practice

    Creator:
    Gess-Newsome, Julie
    Abstract:
    Current reforms in science education advocate instruction which capitalizes on broad, integrative understandings of a few underlying concepts. Such recommendations imply that science teachers already hold integrated conceptualizations and will use such understandings to guide practice. However, little research exists which delineates the global content understandings of biology teachers (herein...
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    Dissertation
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    Structures 258 Limitations of the Study 259 Implications and Recommendations for Science Teacher Education

  • The culture of undergraduate computer science education : its role in promoting equity within the discipline

    Creator:
    Howell, Kathy
    Abstract:
    Although a concern for gender equity provided the framework for this research, the results of this study highlighted the fact that the question of equity should be broadened to include concern for the tier of talented women and men who currently choose not to persist in an undergraduate computer science...
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    Dissertation
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    ). The study of computer science involves the student in a distinctive set of contexts, contents, and

  • The influence of primary children's ideas in science on teaching practice

    Creator:
    Dickinson, Valarie L.
    Abstract:
    A large body of research has examined how children enter the science classroom with previously formed ideas about the content they will learn. These ideas influence how the child interprets instruction. This study reversed the investigative focus by exploring how children's ideas in science influence teaching. Specifically, the study examined...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • A field study of a social cognition training program for deaf adults in vocational rehabilitation

    Creator:
    Blankenship, Jonathan Charles
    Abstract:
    The study was designed to assess the efficacy of Lou and Charlson's (1991) social cognition training program for deaf adults. Sixteen deaf adult subjects who were vocational rehabilitation clients, and who had been identified as experiencing difficulties in social functioning, were assigned to receive a eight-week training program designed to...
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    Dissertation
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    Serfdelbaugh The study was designed to assess the efficacy of Lou and Charlson's (1991) social cognition

  • Gender differences in learning physical science concepts : does computer animation help equalize them?

    Creator:
    Jacek, Laura Lee
    Abstract:
    This dissertation details an experiment designed to identify gender differences in learning using three experimental treatments: animation, static graphics, and verbal instruction alone. Three learning presentations were used in testing of 332 university students. Statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA, binomial tests for differences of proportion, and descriptive statistics. Results...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation