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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Elementary School Science"”.
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The effects of authentic assessment in elementary school science
… effectiveness of authentic assessments on Bells Elementary School students' understanding of science concepts. In this study the Washington Township Public Schools' Elementary School Science Committee created open-ended authentic assessments to enhance the district's science curriculum. The …
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Emotions and Elementary School Science Teaching: Postmodernism in Practice
… teachers' emotions become a legitimate topic in (science) education as well as in efforts for science curricular reform? Further, how can educational institutions (universities and schools) and elementary school science teachers themselves support their personal and professional emotional growth?
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An Investigation of the Demonstration Method for Teaching Critical Thinking in Elementary School Science
… of the demonstration method, as used in science on the elementary school level, in teaching the critical thinking ability; (2) whether a reliable testing device could be designed to measure critical thinking ability at the elementary school level; and (3) whether there exists a …
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The status of elementary school science in New Hampshire public schools: grades K-6 principals' and teachers' views
… lacks up-to-date information on the status of elementary science education in the State and this hampers its ability to provide appropriate services to local school districts. This study is designed to collect information relative to the status of elementary science education in New Hampshire's …
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A Study of the Impact of Authoritative Communication of Expected Achievement Upon Actual Achievement in Elementary School Science
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:23:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6511785.pdf: 3953379 bytes, checksum: c32c9ce9cff00997efa41e86cd01c64c (MD5) Previous issue date: 1965
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A Study of Teacher Opinion Regarding Some of the Means by Which Elementary School Science Instruction Can Be Made More Effective
… analyzes teacher opinion on how to best improve science instruction in the elementary school. Fifty-three elementary school teachers in East Irondequoit Central School District and 35 teachers from outer districts were polled on their opinion on how to improve science in the elementary school. …
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A Journey Of Teaching And Learning In Science Education: The Microculture Of Emerging Inquiry-based Science Instruction In An Urban, Low Socioeconomic Elementary School Science Lab
This ethnographic study of emerging inquiry-based science instruction in an urban, low socioeconomic elementary school science lab was designed to gain insight into the perspectives of the teacher and students. The study involved a Central Florida elementary school whose population was over 80 …
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The Effects Of Gender In Elementary Science Groups
… the effects of gender on same and mixed gender elementary school science groups. Qualitative data for this study was collected using surveys, student focus groups, student journals, and teacher-researcher field notes and observations. Students in this study were eager to participate in science …
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STEM Program Implementation: A Case Study Analysis of Perceptions, Resources, Equity and Diversity
… teachers and parents of the implementation of an elementary school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academy program that featured characteristics of both magnet school programs and schoolwithin-a-school programs. I conducted interviews of key personnel, informed by classroom …
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Wood Magic Program: A Distance Education Perspective
… sustainability of America's forest resources. Elementary school students receive only a general foundation in the area of wood science and many elementary school resources have shown to be inadequate. Virginia Tech and a few other universities have adopted Wood Magic (originated at Mississippi …
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Multiple Choice Question Answering using a Large Corpus of Information
… multiple choice questions from a database of Elementary School science questions. The knowledge base is made up of a graph structure and trained using deep learning techniques. The classifier creates an embedding to represent the question and answers. This embedding is then passed through a …
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Science Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, Values, and Concerns of Teaching through Inquiry
… Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: SCIENCE TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS, VALUES, AND CONCERNS OF TEACHING THROUGH INQUIRY MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. D. John McIntyre, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Curriculum …
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Interactive and Textbook Lessons in Science Instruction: Combining Strategies to Engage Students in Learning
<p>Students in elementary classrooms are not receiving science instruction that is engaging and challenging. The review of the literature indicates that the way that the information is presented has more of an impact on the students than simply whether they comprehend the information. Studies show …
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Place-Based Education and Teaching about Marin County Birds: Curriculum Development for Teachers
… Specifically I will summarize and evaluate PBE science curricula with regard to Marin County bird species. The literature review outlines four components: an introduction to PBE, information about the birds of Marin County, examples of current PBE in Marin County, and interviews with Marin …
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EFFICACY-RELATED BELIEFS AND PRACTICES ABOUT EQUITABLE SCIENCE TEACHING: A CASE STUDY IN AN URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Science "for all" programs have been advanced as the model for introducing and maintaining high standards for science education in every classroom. While standards documents have been an important equalizing force in education for the last twenty years, disparities still exist across multiple …