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Peer reviewedThier, Herbert D. – Science Education, 1985
Discusses problems reflecting the crisis in education, presenting general approaches for resolving the problems. Also discusses the California Earthquake Education Project (CALEEP), a program which provides education of current concern (including personal emergency preparedness) to the public. CALEEP activities are successful due to many social,…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Earthquakes, Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSelee, Kenneth Kay – Science and Children, 1992
Describes the implementation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration SEEDS Project in a sixth-grade class in Turlock, California. Describes student activities and media coverage surrounding the project. (MDH)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Plant Growth, Plants (Botany)
Download full textRuiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Wiley, Edward; Rosenquist, Anders; Schultz, Susan; Shavelson, Richard J.; Hamilton, Laura; Klein, Steve – 1998
This study explored the sensitivity of a multilevel approach in detecting outcomes of a hands-on science program, exploring whether the instruction of a hands-on unit had any impact on students' performance and whether the estimated magnitude of the impact was different according to the proximity of the assessments to the unit taught. Also studied…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Hands on Science
