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Direct linkWagler, Ron – Science Scope, 2011
Middle school students can develop and enhance their observation skills by participating in teacher-guided scientific inquiry (NRC 1996) activities where they observe animals that tend to act in known, predictable ways. Madagascar hissing cockroaches ("Gromphadorhina portentosa") are one such animal. This article presents beginning, intermediate,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Observation, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Download full textWagler, Ron; Wagler, Amy – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2011
Invertebrates perform many beneficial and essential ecological services for humans. Despite this, the general public tends to view them negatively. Preservice elementary teachers often find themselves in a tenuous position because they possess the same negativity toward invertebrates as the general public but have been commissioned by United…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers, State Standards
