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Critical Thinking and Reasoning in Middle School Science Education
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Esswein, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The research objectives addressed in this dissertation include: the measurement of the effects of an inquiry-based middle school science professional development program on teachers, the development and utilization of a student-level scientific reasoning ability test, and an examination of the connection between the scientific reasoning ability of…
Descriptors: Test Results, Professional Development, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods