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Download full textClamann, York H.; Janke, Delmar L. – 1976
In this study, the first three of a panel-judged list of important biology concepts were utilized to determine their mastery level in 75 eighth-graders. The instrument, designed to measure the level of mastery, was based on Frayer's model measuring total, classificatory, and formal concept attainment according to Klausmeier. It was found that the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Biological Sciences, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Windschitl, Mark – 1998
This study examines how academic assertiveness in junior high school students affects conceptual change and the degree to which their assertiveness affects the conceptual change of partners paired with them for a series of activities using a computer simulation of the human cardiovascular system. The sample was a group of 90 eighth-grade students…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Biological Sciences, Computer Simulation, Grade 8
Rowland, Paul McD.; Adkins, Carol R. – 1992
This paper presents Rowland's Ways of Knowing and Decision-making Model for curriculum development and how it can be applied to environmental education curricula. The model uses a problem solving approach based on steps of: (1) coming to know the problem through the ways of knowing of the disciplines and personal knowledge; (2) proposing solutions…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Earth Science
Lowery, Patricia A.; Brickhouse, Nancy – 1999
This study is an extension of an on-going longitudinal study, the Girls Engagement With/In Science (GEIS) Project. The GEIS Project was designed to understand how girls who are poor, minority or both, engage in science. The two teachers who form the focus for this study are these girls' 7th and 8th grade teachers. Data for this interpretive…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Bias
Haensly, Patricia A.; Lehmann, Patricia – 1996
For each of two years, 50 Hispanic and Black eighth graders were selected for a field-based, environmental science summer program designed to nurture math and science talent and encourage bright, minority youth to persist in school. Students were selected on the basis of participation in an outreach program, essays, grades, recommendations, and an…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Biological Sciences, Black Students, Cognitive Processes
Newell, Sigrin T. – 1992
To help determine how the introduction of alternate assessment can be structured to maximize its acceptance and long-term adoption by teachers, a case study was conducted of the introduction of alternate assessment in a suburban middle school in the spring of 1991. Three seventh-grade life science teachers, three eighth-grade physical science…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
