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Direct linkTaylor G. Dyba; Susan L. Rowland; James A. Fraser – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2024
The ability to communicate science effectively is a key attribute for science graduates, and considerable work has been done to establish the techniques and skills associated with effective communication. What is less clear however, is the learning progression students traverse as they develop proficiency in science communication. In this study we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Genetics
Peer reviewedBall, Donald W.; And Others – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1986
Reports the results of a study of the match between teacher-made tests and level of instructional objectives for 74 secondary social studies teachers. Concludes that: (1) only a slight majority of teachers think higher order objectives are important, and (2) that few translate this opinion into their instruction or testing. (JDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Objectives, Course Objectives, Instructional Improvement
Download full textThornton, Stephen J. – 1985
This paper draws on a study of curriculum consonance (correspondence between teachers' goals, what ensues in the classroom, and what students learn) in three tenth-grade social studies classrooms. The three teachers had about the same number of years of teaching experience and educational attainment, and they were about the same age. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Objectives, Course Objectives
Stevens, Mary A. – 1977
A study was conducted in order to develop a systematic method for the evaluation of students' prior, non-sponsored learning for the award of college credit at Blackhawk College (Illinois). It was determined that a course designed to prepare the student for assessment of prior learning was the best way for the institution to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
Pelton, Margaret M. – 1979
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) that involved: (1) establishing 14 objectives for a general education art course; (2) pre-testing 471 students enrolled in the course using an instrument referenced to these objectives; (3) conducting individual conferences with four instructors of the course to assist them in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Objectives, Art Education, Cognitive Objectives
