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Rowell, Jack A.; Dawson, Chris J. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1984
Investigated the efficacy of an instructional program designed to induce students to construct a mental scheme in which experimental design and natural experiments are understood as facets of the same problems and which incorporates a general solution procedure applicable to both. Results show a highly significant posttest achievement by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Grade 8, Problem Solving