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Peer reviewedGermann, Paul J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1996
Analyzes nine high school biology manuals to determine how well they promote the basic and integrated science process skills that are involved in scientific inquiry. Results indicate that the manuals seldom enable students to use their knowledge and experience to pose questions, solve problems, investigate natural phenomena, or construct answers…
Descriptors: Biology, Content Analysis, Inquiry, Laboratory Manuals
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas; Lunetta, Vincent N. – Science Education, 1981
Reviews and compares results of content analysis studies of selected high school science laboratory handbooks using the Laboratory Structure and Task Analysis Inventory (LAI). Findings from two biology, two chemistry, and two physics handbooks indicate highly structured investigations where students perform manipulative and observational…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Inquiry, Laboratory Manuals
