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Children's conceptions of nature as influenced by a residential environmental education program

Creator:: Rebar, Bryan M.
Abstract:: The majority of research in environmental education (EE) has focused on measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behavior using quantitative tools and methods. Few studies have attempted to elicit and characterize children's conceptions of the environment or nature, particularly those resulting from a residential EE experience, which contextualize knowledge, attitudes, and may...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Interviews, writings and drawings on the topic of nature were collected from 5th grade students before and

Aspects of the Nature of Engineering for K-12 Science Education : A Delphi Study

Creator:: Hartman, Brian D.
Abstract:: Recent state and national standards have increased the interest in engineering at the K-12 level. Science standards, in particular, have begun to make the case for including engineering throughout the K-12 scope of study. Despite the increased attention to engineering, the characteristics and uniqueness of the field of engineering are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: knowledge, a set of practices or methods, and a way of knowing or the nature of engineering (Pleasants

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:: significant advantage in using the multi-level materials under study. The teacher effectiveness and guessing

The effects of auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of second-graders in Lindsay, California

Creator:: Weinhouse, Donald S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of selected second-graders in Lindsay, California, and thereby test the theory that when such rates "approach and reach personal tempo the individual enjoys an optimal circumstance for learning" (Barsch, 1974, p. 5)....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study carrel, and using their fingers as counters--touching them to their chins, cheeks, chests, and

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:: AND RECOMMENDATIONS Nature of the Problem and Purpose of Study Review of Related Literature Design of

Salmon in the classroom

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Rao, Sujaya, Courter, Ian I., and Rural Science Education Program (Oregon)
Abstract:: The Rural Science Education Program is a partnership between Oregon State University and local rural K–12 schools for enrichment of the science curriculum with handson science activities. The curricula include simple, innovative inquiry- and site-based experiments that encourage critical thinking in K–12 students about the impacts of agriculture on the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon State University and rural K-12 schools EM 8910-E • June 2006 Archival copy. For current

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

Objectives of a twelve-year mathematics program for elementary and secondary schools

Creator:: Thompson, Matthew Roy
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have geographic and social settings. Although this study is general in nature and application

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

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Children's conceptions of nature as influenced by a residential environmental education program

Aspects of the Nature of Engineering for K-12 Science Education : A Delphi Study

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

The effects of auditory metronomic rates on addition performance of second-graders in Lindsay, California

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

Salmon in the classroom

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

Objectives of a twelve-year mathematics program for elementary and secondary schools

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

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