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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:: 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
Full Text:: and better work in building evaluation instruments to assist in science teaching. The present study

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

Creator:: Pascoe, Jason J.
Abstract:: Student engagement in a course plays a vital role in a student’s ability to process and construct knowledge. Student engagement research has investigated how students engage in and out of the classroom on a macro scale, through observation and survey data collection of large student populations, which lack focus on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: a particular context both in and out of class using descriptive and interpretive case study

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