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Peer reviewedSuchman, J. Richard – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
Presents a position strongly advocating inquiry training in science for students at all levels, but particularly at the elementary level. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Inquiry, Instruction, Learning
Peer reviewedBen-Zvi, Ruth; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
Students (233) in five Israeli high schools were tested to determine the relationship of IQ and achievement, attitudes, and manipulative and observational skills in chemistry. Students indicating a desire to pursue science study were found to differ signicantly their non-science oriented couterparts only on cognitive ability measures. (CP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Chemistry, Evaluation
Peer reviewedWilson, John T.; Koran, John J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1976
Forty-five children, ages nine through eleven, were divided into control group and experimental groups that read or wrote hunches concerning a discrepant event involving sliding blocks. Those who generated hunches were shown to learn more in subsequent inquiry behaviors designed to explain the discrepant event. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inquiry
Peer reviewedStarr, Robert J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1972
There was no significant difference in attitudes toward biology between high-ability grade nine biology students exposed to 20 randomly selected Invitations to Enquiry'' and similar students whose course did not include invitations. There is some suggestion that more difficult Invitations'' later in the course may have arrested a general decline…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Biology, Discovery Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedMcGuire, Christine – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1976
Discusses the use, types, and advantages of simulation activities in problem-solving instruction. Reviews a research study of simulation in medical education. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedThiel, Robert P.; George, Kenneth D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1976
Found that the following variables significantly affected the students' performance of a task involving science skills: type of rule and number of attributes used in the prediction task, and whether the student was given a verbal description of the rule to be used. (MLH)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
The Effect of Different Modes of Task Orientation on Observational Attainment in Practical Chemistry
Peer reviewedKempa, R. F.; Ward, J. E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1975
Examines the effect of three different modes of task orientation on observational attainment in practical chemistry. Results include the overall performance on the chemistry observation test and an analysis of the influence of the complexity of observational tasks on observational attainment. (Author/GS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Research, Instruction, Observational Learning
Peer reviewedWright, Emmett L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1978
Examines the feasibility of intensive instruction (II) in either the observation of details or hypothesis generation, utilizing a discrepant event filmloop, as a model for improving the open exploration skills of ninth graders. (Author/GA)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Behavior, Inquiry
