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Inquiry, Modeling, and Metacognition: Making Science Accessible to All Students.
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White, Barbara Y.; Frederiksen, John R. – Cognition and Instruction, 1998
Evaluated the "ThinkerTools Inquiry Curriculum," a computer-enhanced, middle school science curriculum, to determine the impact of including the Reflective Assessment Process. Found that students' performance improved significantly on both physics and inquiry assessments. Controlled comparison revealed that students' learning was greatly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
Effects of a Cooperative Learning Approach in Reading and Writing on Academically Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Students.
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Stevens, Robert J.; Slavin, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1995
A two-year study determined the effects of a comprehensive cooperative-learning approach to reading and language arts instruction on students' achievement, attitudes, and metacognitive awareness. Students in second through sixth grades, some mainstreamed academically handicapped, worked in heterogeneous learning teams on reading and writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students