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Download full textAbdo, Pamela J.; Chan, Amy E.; Englund, Tonya R.; Liljegren, Roy D.; Mielenhausen, Steve E.; Van Fossen, Margaret A. – 1998
This report describes a program designed to increase students' knowledge in the science content area utilizing reading comprehension strategies. The targeted population consisted of grade 6 middle school students in a growing urban community in eastern Iowa. The students demonstrated poor comprehension of their science textbook. Data also revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Educational Strategies, Grade 6
Yager, Robert E. – 1995
The Iowa-Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SS&C) Program assists schools with reform of their entire middle school programs, grades 6-8, and features the science, technology, and society (STS) instructional approach. This reform translates to the creation of new frameworks for the school program and aims to produce "constructivist"…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Enger, Sandra K. – 1996
A pilot study to investigate the use of concept mapping for assessment purposes was conducted during the spring of 1996. Thirteen teachers from a random sample of science teachers affiliated with the Iowa-Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project and 12 other teachers affiliated with the project participated in the concept mapping study. Student…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Mapping, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1995
This document describes a curriculum model that aims to help students gain a sense of stewardship toward their community and an appreciation for their heritage. At the Sense of Place Symposium, Iowa teachers and administrators worked together to develop an interdisciplinary curriculum framework that would connect students to their communities. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Heritage Education
