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Agreed Discoveries: Students' Negotiations in a Virtual Laboratory Experiment
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Karlsson, Goran; Ivarsson, Jonas; Lindstrom, Berner – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
This paper presents an analysis of the scientific reasoning of a dyad of secondary school students about the phenomenon of dissolution of gases in water as they work on this in a simulated laboratory experiment. A web-based virtual laboratory was developed to provide learners with the opportunity to examine the influence of physical factors on gas…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Secondary School Students, Instructional Materials, Video Technology
Gary's Fling with Performance Contracting -- What Went Wrong and Was It All Really a Failure?
Jones, Philip G. – American School Board Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Experiments, Educational Technology, Evaluation
The Method of "Strong Inference" in the Design of Evaluation Studies.
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Light, Judy A.; Lindvall, C. M. – 1974
The objective of this study was to adapt the ideas of "strong inference" in developing a design procedure which can be used in the evaluation of an instructional system in such a way as to identify and correct specific weaknesses within a system. This method allows the evaluator to consider many hypotheses as possible causes of system…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
The Science Investigation Workshop.
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Gott, Richard; Duggan, Sandra; Roberts, Shaun – Education in Science, 1999
Describes the development of an innovative, multimedia, interactive CD-ROM aimed at helping teachers tackle the problem that students have with evaluating science laboratory work. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Experiments
Experiments in ESP.
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Guerin, Stephen M.; Guerin, Clark L. – Science Activities, 1979
Discusses a phenomenon called Extrasensory Perception (ESP) whereby information is gained directly by the mind without the use of the ordinary senses. Experiments in ESP and the basic equipment and methods are presented. Statistical evaluation of ESP experimental results are also included. (HM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Evaluation
The Field Test of a Material for Teaching Reading and the General Knowledge Area of Adult Basic Education: An Experimental and Descriptive Study.
Geeslin, Robert Hawk – 1969
The purpose of this Florida study was to field test experimental multi-level materials for teaching reading and the subjects that make up the general knowledge area of adult basic education. The pre-publication edition of the experimental material was compared to traditional materials by: (1) differences in gain in reading ability, (2) acceptance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Innovation
EXPERIMENTS WITH TOKEN REINFORCEMENT IN A REMEDIAL CLASSROOM.
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WOLF, MONTROSE M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL REMEDIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM 16 FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE URBAN DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT TO MASTER STANDARD INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WITH THE SUPPORT OF TOKEN REINFORCEMENTS. THE STUDENTS HAD SCORED 2 YEARS BELOW THE READING NORM ON THE STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TEST, AND THEIR MEDIAN IQ WAS 88. TOKEN POINTS WERE MANIPULATED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Arithmetic, Attendance