Problems with "Control of Variables" as a Process Skill.

Lucas, A. M.; Tobin, Kenneth

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Publication Date: 1987

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Problems with "Control of Variables" as a Process Skill.

Lucas, A. M.; Tobin, Kenneth

Science Education, v71 n5 p685-90 Oct 1987

Discusses the development of a student's ability to control experiments as an important aim of modern science curriculum materials. Argues that most curriculum developers offer only a simplistic method of controlling variables. Suggests ways to enhance the development of variable control within the framework of student experiments. (TW)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deduction, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Investigations, Process Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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