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Direct linkEmily Cole Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quasi-experimental study aimed to determine if there is a statistically significant difference in student test scores when a modified instructional sequence in middle school science is used versus the instructional sequence suggested by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Grade 8 science cumulative Standards of Learning (SOL) test results from…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Standardized Tests, Scores, Grade 8
Firetto, Carla – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Introductory biology courses typically present topics on related biological systems across separate chapters and lectures. A complete foundational understanding requires that students understand how these biological systems are related. Unfortunately, spontaneous generation of these connections is rare for novice learners. These experiments focus…
Descriptors: College Students, Biological Sciences, Introductory Courses, Comprehension
Levy, Jacqueline Anita – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the biological sciences, higher student success levels are achieved in traditionally formatted, face-to-face coursework than in hybrid courses. The methodologies used to combine hybrid and in-person elements to the course need to be applied to the biological sciences to emulate the success seen in the traditional courses since the number of…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Physiology, Blended Learning, Grounded Theory
Bruni, Angela Suzanne Dudley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to empower citizens to analyze the effects, risk, and value of science, a knowledge of scientific concepts is necessary (Mejlgaard, 2009). The formal educational system plays a role in this endeavor (Gil-Perez & Vilches, 2005). One proposed constructivist practice is the use of social learning activities using verbalized, shared…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Constructivism (Learning), Socialization, Social Cognition
Guillory, Linus Joseph, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study assesses the environmental proficiency of Texas life science educators certified from 2003 to 2011 by analyzing their TExES 138 8-12 exam results in domains V and VI. The sample consisted of all the individuals that took and passed the TExES 138 life science 8-12 exam. During this period, approximately 41% of the individuals who took…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biological Sciences, Science Teachers, Scientific Literacy
Brand, Lance G. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to measure the ability of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to improve higher order thinking skills; to evaluate the impact of the "Medical Explorers" case-based curriculum to help students be self directed learners; and to investigate the impact of the "Medical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Secondary School Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
