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Allen, Michael; Coole, Hilary – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
This paper describes a randomised educational experiment (n = 47) that examined two different teaching methods and compared their effectiveness at correcting one science misconception using a sample of trainee primary school teachers. The treatment was designed to promote engagement with the scientific concept by eliciting emotional responses from…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Learning Experience, Misconceptions
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Garrett, Lauretta – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
Adult developmental mathematics students often work under great pressure to complete the mathematics sequences designed to help them achieve success (Bryk & Treisman, 2010). Results of a teaching experiment demonstrate how the ability to reason can be impeded by flaws in students' mental representations of mathematics. The earnestness of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Education
Duke, Benjamin C., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The primary purpose of this project was to compile, translate, and publish educational media research material from the major Asian countries and to make that information available in the United States. Educational media research and experimentation is interpreted to include experimental programming, testing, evaluation, and use of all the newer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Surveys, International Education