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Direct linkClark, Douglas; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2003
Science educators face constant tradeoffs between allocating time to important topics and including more topics in the curriculum. We study 3,000 students experiencing 4 increasingly streamlined versions of a computer-enhanced middle school thermodynamics curriculum to investigate the impact of instructional time on knowledge integration.…
Descriptors: Thermodynamics, Prior Learning, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies
