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Understanding Core Skills and Influences in Primary School Science Learning: Taking a Scientific Approach
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Tolmie, Andy – Institute of Education - London, 2012
Recent years have seen substantial improvements in the teaching of reading and early arithmetic based on rigorous analysis of the component learning skills involved in these areas and of the ways they are developed. Despite the importance attached to science, there has been very little comparable work that might provide a steer to primary school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Educational Research
Potential Contributions of Performance Science to Education.
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Gilbert, Thomas F.; Gilbert, Marilyn B. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This paper, on the potential contributions of performance science to education, defines performance and performance science, distinguishes between behavior and performance, presents tactics for presenting instruction, presents tactics for designing training, and outlines how to decide which accomplishments are valuable enough to include in a…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design
An Intervention Curriculum for Moral Development.
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Ries, Steven I. – Journal of Moral Education, 1992
Reports a study involving students who were exposed to an educational intervention curriculum designed to facilitate moral development. Describes a means of promoting moral reasoning through conceptualizing and integrating essential philosophical concepts. Concludes that the curriculum is effective in stimulating moral development and principled…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Curriculum Design, Developmental Stages, Ethical Instruction
Verbal Behavior Analysis: A Program of Research in the Induction and Expansion of Complex Verbal Behavior
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Greer, R. Douglas; Ross, Denise E. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2004
Both applied and conceptual experiments based on Skinner's theory of verbal behavior have led to significant benefits for: (a) persons with language disorders and delays, (b) students who need to bridge the achievement gap, (c) professionals who work with students, and (d) individuals who wish to design functional curricula and pedagogy to meet…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Behavior Theories, Verbal Communication, Behavioral Science Research
On Distinguishing Variables from Values and Hypotheses from Statements of Association.
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Goldenberg, Sheldon – Teaching Sociology, 1993
Describes an instructional strategy to help students understand behavior variations and the factors related to that variation. Maintains that the technique helps students understand the difference between a statement of association and a hypothesis. Includes a recommended diagram to help implement the strategy. (CFR)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Data Analysis
Preconference Education Research Program in Art Education. Final Report.
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Woodruff, Asahel D. – 1969
This final report describes and evaluates two 5-day training institutes for art education personnel, held in January and March of 1969. The purpose of these institutes was to improve the participants' ability to (1) identify and use appropriate instructional tools for producing desired behavioral change, (2) evaluate the results and improve the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives