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Taylor, Roger S.; Grundstrom, Erika D. – Astronomy Education Review, 2011
Given that astronomy heavily relies on visual representations it is especially likely for individuals to assume that instructional materials, such as visual representations of the Earth-Moon system (EMS), would be relatively accurate. However, in our research, we found that images in middle-school textbooks and educational webpages were commonly…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Instructional Materials, Textbooks
Taylor, Roger S.; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Matthews, Percival G.; McEldoon, Katherine L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The focus of this research is to develop an initial framework for assessing and interpreting students' level of understanding of mathematical equivalence. Although this topic has been studied for many years, there has been no systematic development or evaluation of a valid measure of equivalence knowledge. A powerful method for accomplishing this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Parochial Schools, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students