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Ylizarde, Natalie Harr; Kiorpes, Lolita Cariaso – Science Teacher, 2018
Climate change is complex, requiring critical thinking on both local and global scales. Its effects vary dramatically around the world and require new strategies to help students grasp its complexity, scale, and interrelatedness. This article describes a project to help biology students think critically about climate change from a global…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Environmental Education, Science Instruction
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Cacciatore, Kristen L.; Sevian, Hannah – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
Many institutions are responding to current research about how students learn science by transforming their general chemistry laboratory curricula to be inquiry-oriented. We present a comparison study of student performance after completing either a traditional or an inquiry stoichiometry experiment. This single laboratory experience was the only…
Descriptors: Stoichiometry, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Instructional Effectiveness
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Lange, Dale; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1992
Two questions are examined: the relationship between prior to formal experience (high school instruction) and success on university foreign language proficiency tests, and the similarity of prior experience to pass rates for students of varying languages. (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis, Equivalency Tests
Myers, Charles B. – 1993
This paper describes the third phase of a multi-year study that has been assessing professional knowledge and perceptions of beginning teacher education students. This phase of the study reports on responses to a questionnaire designed to compare student knowledge across cohorts and institutions. The data reported here are from a total of 291…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Chase, Nancy D. – 1985
This paper describes a five-step technique for secondary and postsecondary reading instruction, compatible with reader response theory, and addressing the need for academically underprepared students to experience the validation of their personal responses to texts. The first step involves identifying prior knowledge and opinions before reading…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking