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An Exploration of Teachers' Efforts to Understand Identity Work and Its Relevance to Science Instruction
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Smith, M. Cecil; Darfler, Anne – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
US educators express concern that students are turning away from the study of science and have little interest in pursuing science careers. Nationally, science achievement scores for 8th graders are unchanged since 1996, but 12th graders' scores have significantly decreased. A shortcoming of education reform efforts is lack of attention to…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Teacher Characteristics, Science Achievement, Standardized Tests
Learning Generic Mechanisms for Innovative Strategies in Adaptive Design.
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Bhatta, Sambasiva; Goel, Ashok – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 1997
Generic teleological mechanisms (GTMs) are a class of strategic concepts especially useful in adaptive design. GTMs are abstract functional and causal patterns that lead to adaptation strategies for innovative design. Adopts a task-directed approach to learning, and describes a model-based method for learning GTMs from design methods. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Processes, Design, Developmental Tasks
Curriculum for Early Childhood Education: A Report of a Workshop Held at the Kenya Institute of Education (July 16 to August 3, 1979). Volume 1.
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1980
A workshop on "Curriculum for Early Childhood Education," held in the summer of 1979 at the Kenya Institute of Education, aimed to familiarize participants with the problems facing early childhood education in Africa. Specific workshop objectives were (1) to familiarize participants with the psychological, social, political, and economic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computation, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Developmental Resources Guides, K-6. The Best of BES--Basic Educational Skills Materials.
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Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the guide describes developmental characteristics of preschool and elementary school students by grade level. Arranged into five curriculum areas, the first presents physical, motor, social, cognitive,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Two Teaching Strategies: Their Effectiveness with Students of Varying Cognitive Abilities.
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Cohen, Herbert G. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Presents a study to examine the effects of a verbal teaching strategy versus a strategy providing instruction using activities and manipulatives in four seventh grade earth science classes with students of varying cognitive abilities (n=83). Results indicate that students with more cognitive structures perform better and that using manipulatives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures
An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum.
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Adey, Philip; Shayer, Michael – Cognition and Instruction, 1993
To test whether gains in cognitive development can be accelerated, an intervention model was used to give pupils special lessons in science, using ideas of cognitive conflict, metacognition, and bridging in the context of formal operations. Found that intervention led to substantial and long-lasting increased achievement in science, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance