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Critical Thinking in General Chemistry.
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Kogut, Leonard S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1996
Discusses the importance of fostering critical thinking in chemistry. Presents strategies to improve critical thinking that were used in general chemistry for science and engineering majors, a similar course for less-prepared science and engineering majors, and a course for nonscience students. (JRH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking, Higher Education
A Constructivist Cloud Lab.
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Emery, Dave – Science Scope, 1996
Describes a lab involving a cloud formation activity that uses the constructivist learning model to get students more involved in creating the lab. Enables students to develop a greater understanding of the concepts involved and more interest in the lab's outcomes. (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Earth Science, Hands on Science, Junior High Schools
First-Year University Students' Understanding of Photosynthesis, Their Study Strategies and Learning Context.
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Hazel, Elizabeth; Prosser, Michael – American Biology Teacher, 1994
Provides findings of a study designed to explore ways in which changes in students' conceptual knowledge of photosynthesis are related to their study strategies and achievement and to course content. The authors ask teachers to consider these results and implications when facilitating students' learning. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biology, College Freshmen, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
Removing Preconceptions with a "Learning Cycle."
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Gang, Su – Physics Teacher, 1995
Describes a teaching experiment that uses the Learning Cycle to achieve the reorientation of physics' students conceptual frameworks away from commonsense perspectives toward scientifically rigorous outlooks. Uses Archimedes' principle as the content topic while using the Learning Cycle to remove students' nonscientific preconceptions. (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inquiry
What Is the Whole?
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Wentworth, Nancy M.; Monroe, Eula Ewing – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Discusses ways teachers can encourage students to construct useful meanings for the fractional unit. Provides three examples of representations of common fractions and illustrates misconceptions in fraction problems. Includes a brief summary of constructivist mathematics education and an example in which a teacher misunderstands a fractional unit.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Fractions
In-Depth Analysis of Misconceptions as a Basis for Developing Research-Based Remedial Instruction: The Case of Photosynthesis.
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Amir, Ruth; Tamir, Pinchas – American Biology Teacher, 1994
Describes remedial instruction activities as well as activity developmental strategies that utilize the results obtained from previous research on students' misconceptions related to photosynthesis to enhance 11th- and 12th-grade biology students' understanding of photosynthesis. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Research, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies
Relevant Research. Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science. Vol. II.
Pearsall, Marcia K., Ed. – 1992
This book is a collection of research papers and respected philosophical statements on how secondary school students learn science best. Taken together, these papers serve as the basis for the Project on Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science (SS&C). This book explains where the learning ideas of the SS&C Content…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Concept Formation