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Mulligan, Joanne; Tytler, Russell; Prain, Vaughan; White, Peta; Xu, Lihua; Kirk, Melinda – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
While interdisciplinary approaches in the STEM subjects are widely advocated there are concerns that disciplinary learning can be compromised, especially in mathematics. The Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Science (IMS) project is a three-year longitudinal study in four Victorian primary schools that has developed a pedagogical approach to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary School Students, Program Descriptions
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Preston, Christine; Hubber, Peter; Bondurant-Scott, Michele; Gunesekere, Ishara – Teaching Science, 2020
Constructing Direct Current (DC) electric circuits is simple and engaging for primary students, but that is not all there is to learning about electricity. Mandatory learning in the Australian Curriculum: Science (ACARA, 2018) expects Year 6 students to explain some of the processes underlying electric circuits. The abstract nature of key…
Descriptors: Energy, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Science Curriculum
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Harlow, Danielle; Otero, Valerie K. – Science and Children, 2005
What happens when university curriculum developers are mixed with motivated elementary teachers? ? An awesome learning collaboration that benefits researchers, teachers, and students! That's what the authors discovered when they--university researchers involved in the Physics for Elementary Teachers (PET) project--teamed up with local elementary…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Science Programs, Physics, Cooperation