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Download full textLinn, Marcia C. – 1988
Research offers important suggestions concerning science curriculum design, and real-time data collection technology offers great opportunities. This paper discusses how recent increases in understanding the nature of the learner and the process of instruction combined with recent advances in technology might lead to improved science instruction.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Epistemology, Instructional Design
Linn, Marcia C.; Thier, Herbert D. – 1973
Reported is a study to investigate the effects of a free-choice program on children's ability to interpret experiments, design simple investigations, and recognize variables that could affect the outcome of observed events. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Educational Research
Linn, Marcia C.; Levine, David I. – 1976
A developmental investigation of the ability to control variables was conducted. One or two logically similar physics problems were individually administered to 120 subjects age 12 to 14. The problems involved either familiar or unfamiliar variables. Each problem was presented in three different informational formats. Success on the problems in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
