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Direct linkBodzin, Alec M. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
This paper describes how the Web-based Inquiry for Learning Science (WBI) instrument was used with preservice elementary and secondary science teachers in science methods courses to enhance their understanding of Web-based scientific inquiry. The WBI instrument is designed to help teachers identify Web-based inquiry activities for learning science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Web Based Instruction, Inquiry
Download full textNye, Gloria T. – 1991
The Knowledge Engineering for Young Scholars (KEYS) Program was a National Science Foundation (NSF) program conducted at Louisiana State University during 1989 and 1990. The program's goals were to increase 8th-12th grade students' exposure to science, acquaint them with university research, stimulate interest in science, and build their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Career Awareness, Computers, Decision Making
McFadden, Charles P. – 1990
A survey of grade 7, 8 and 9 science teachers was conducted as part of a research program to determine the consequences for teaching and learning of the recent introduction of the SciencePlus program developed by the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project and the need for further curriculum and professional development. The survey explored some of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
McFadden, Charles P. – 1990
A survey of grade 7, 8 and 9 science teachers was conducted as part of a research program to determine the consequences for teaching and learning of the recent introduction of the SciencePlus Program developed by the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project and the need for further curriculum and professional development. The survey explored some of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedHassard, Jack; Weisburg, Julie – Science Teacher, 1992
Describes the Global Thinking Project, a collaborative effort between Georgia State University and the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences to develop strategies, methods, and teaching materials to help students think globally. Students are connected through the AppleLink network. Student and teacher attitudes toward the project are reported.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, High School Students
Duval, John; Mark, Nancy – 1994
This paper focuses on the use of Gardner's (1985) Multiple Intelligence Theory (MIT) in the restructuring of the curriculum at elementary schools in Pawlet, Vermont. It discusses the state of education in Vermont, the need to restructure and improve assessment at the Pawlet schools, and the adoption of MIT to further this goal. The bulk of the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
