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Clary, Renee; Wandersee, James – Science Teacher, 2015
In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth report, attributing 95% of "all" climate warming--from the 1950s through today--to humans. Not only did the report--like previous IPCC reports dating back to 1990--accredit global warming to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, but over time the vast…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Scientists, Student Attitudes
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Wyse, Adam E.; Zeng, Ji; Martineau, Joseph A. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2011
This paper introduces a simple and intuitive graphical display for transition table based accountability models that can be used to communicate information about students' status and growth simultaneously. This graphical transition table includes the use of shading to convey year to year transitions and different sized letters for performance…
Descriptors: Graphs, Tables (Data), Educational Assessment, Change
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Noble, Tracy; Nemirovsky, Ricardo; Dimattia, Cara; Wright, Tracey – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2004
In this article, we will describe the results of a study of 6th grade students learning about the mathematics of change. The students in this study worked with software environments for the computer and the graphing calculator that included a simulation of a moving elevator, linked to a graph of its velocity vs. time. We will describe how the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Computers, Motion, Learning Processes