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Assessment Techniques Corresponding to Scientific Texts in Commercial Reading Programs: Do They Promote Scientific Literacy?
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Phillips, Linda M.; Norris, Stephen P.; Smith, Martha L.; Buker, Jodi; Kasper, Chandra – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This research is part of a larger study of commercial reading programs used in Canada in grades 1-6. The specific purposes of the results reported here were to identify and quantify the assessment techniques suggested for the selections that contain scientific content, to show how the assessments differ by grade, to evaluate the nature and quality…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy
Summative Evaluation of the "Habitat" Learning System. Report No. 3--1989-90.
Brown, Robert Stewart; And Others – 1989
The "Habitat" learning system was designed by TVOntario's Children's Programming department for junior-level students. It consists of 20 programs (each 15 minutes long), a teacher's guide, and a magazine for students. Three major objectives of the series were to (1) instruct children in scientific principles relating to habitats; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation
Teaching Science for Understanding: Implications of Spontaneous Conceptions and the History of Science.
MacDonald, Dougal – 1989
This study explored the usefulness of an approach to science instruction which specifically considered children's spontaneous conceptions about natural phenomena. The aim of the instruction was the development of conceptual understanding. The instructional approach involved diagnosing children's spontaneous conceptions, making them aware of their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries