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Direct linkCavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2008
State and district science standards typically call for students to take part in hands-on labs and experiments in the elementary grades. The 1996 National Science Education Standards, which were written by the National Research Council and serve as a reference for many states, emphasize similar activities. Yet the use of even simple labs and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2007
This article reports that a quiet debate is unfolding over proposals to tinker with No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) definition of what constitutes "scientifically based research" in education while other ideas for revamping it are taking center stage. Sprinkled through the federal education statute more than 100 times, the references…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Federal Legislation, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
