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Evaluating the Effects of Medical Explorers a Case Study Curriculum on Critical Thinking, Attitude toward Life Science, and Motivational Learning Strategies in Rural High School Students
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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)
Is Critical Thinking an Outcome of a College General Physical Science Course?
Yoesting, Clarence; Renner, John W. – Sch Sci Math, 1969
Descriptors: College Science, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Evaluation
Do Laboratory Methods Stimulate Critical Thinking?
Charen, George – Sci Educ, 1970
Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study to compare the effectiveness of the open-ended chemistry laboratory with the traditional laboratory. Different classes of high school students in a college-preparatory chemistry course were exposed to the two laboratory techniques. The achievement tests and the Watson-Glaser Critical…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Evaluation
Correlations Among Student Outcomes on the Test on Understanding Science, Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, and the American Chemical Society Cooperative Examination-General Chemistry
Troxel, Verne A.; Snider, C. F. Bill – Sch Sci Math, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Evaluation
Inflated Posttest Scores Seven Months after Pretest
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Lucas, A. M. – Science Education, 1972
Reports the presence of a facilitating effect of exposure to a pretest on the Watson-Glaser score and a posttest following grade 12 biology instruction. (AL)
Descriptors: Biology, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Evaluation
The Effects of a Course in Science and Culture Designed for Secondary School Students.
Cossman, George Wilford – 1967
This study was designed to evaluate the success of an experimental secondary school course for fostering scientific literacy and the development of scientific attitudes. Students were matched using I.Q., sex, grade level, involvement with formal science courses, and cumulative grade point average. Twenty-one "self selected" eleventh and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation, Grade 11
The Effect of a Process-Oriented Curriculum on Advancing Higher Levels of Thought Processes in High Potential Students.
Baldwin, Alexinia Young – 1971
Grade seven classes of high potential and average potential students were randomly assigned to control or experimental groups. After the experimental group had used a curriculum unit - "Ecology: The Web of Life" - which was designed to emphasize higher level cognitive abilities, the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations
GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS EMPHASIZING THE INTERACTION OF SCIENCE AND THE CULTURE OF MAN. FINAL REPORT.
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COSSMAN, GEORGE W.; YAGER, ROBERT E. – 1966
REPORTED IS THE EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ENTITLED "SCIENCE AND CULTURE" WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LABORATORY SCHOOL. IT IS DIRECTED AT BRIDGING EXISTING GAPS IN INTEGRATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, Curriculum