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Crane, Lucy; Winterbottom, Mark – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
This study investigates how peer assessment can help students to learn about photosynthesis in a "high attaining," year nine class in a UK 11-18 comprehensive school. There is limited research on how peer assessment can influence the learning of "high attaining students"; most existing research focuses on how formative…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Interviews, Questionnaires, Learning Disabilities
Cosgrove Jonathan; Packham, Dave – MCT, 2002
Examined the use of "Writing Frames" to enhance ninth grade students' science investigations. Students were taught to use "Writing Frames" booklets and language cues booklets for "writing up" their science projects. Surveys of participants and nonparticipants indicated that participants had increased scores on various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Science Education, Scientific Research
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Gomes, Alessandro Damasio Trani; Borges, A. Tarciso; Justi, Rosaria – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between the students' understanding of the aims of an investigative activity and their performance when conducting it. One hundred and eighty-one year nine students from a public middle school in Brazil took part in the study. Students working in pairs were asked to investigate two problems using a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Personnel Data