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Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools
, 2002
"... In this paper we measure the effect of Catholic high school attendance on educational attainment and test scores. Because we do not have a good instrumental variable for Catholic school attendance, we develop new estimation methods based on the idea that the amount of selection on the observed expla ..."
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In this paper we measure the effect of Catholic high school attendance on educational attainment and test scores. Because we do not have a good instrumental variable for Catholic school attendance, we develop new estimation methods based on the idea that the amount of selection on the observed
Natural Selection
, 1992
"... This study examined how middle science teachers perceive the textbooks they use and how their perceptions varied with their personal attributes and professional backgrounds. A questionnaire was sent to 79 middle school science teachers in Missouri, and 66 responded. The questionnaire was designed to ..."
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This study examined how middle science teachers perceive the textbooks they use and how their perceptions varied with their personal attributes and professional backgrounds. A questionnaire was sent to 79 middle school science teachers in Missouri, and 66 responded. The questionnaire was designed
Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives.
- Developmental Psychology,
, 1986
"... This review collates and examines critically a theoretically convergent but widely dispersed body of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts of human development. Investigations falling within this expanding domain include studies of the interac ..."
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of the interaction of genetics and environment in family processes; transitions and linkages between the family and other major settings influencing development, such as hospitals, day care, peer groups, school, social networks, the world of work (both for parents and children), and neighborhoods and communities
School Science: Is it Science?
"... with the assumption that such translation creates the same possibility for students of science as for scientists. Recent complex interpretations of learning problematize such notions by considering learning as emergent simultaneously at different levels of complex interactions—a function of the hist ..."
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of the history of the structure at that particular level of organization. So, how can school science be considered science? And is such a question relevant? Much of formal school science is shaped by ongoing debates of what science knowing is of value in the classroom. School science has tended to be defined
Enhancing the quality of argumentation in school science
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching
, 2004
"... The research reported in this paper focussed on the design of learning environments that support the teaching and learning of argumentation in a scientific context. The research took place over two years between 1999 and 2001 in junior high schools in the greater London area. The research was conduc ..."
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The research reported in this paper focussed on the design of learning environments that support the teaching and learning of argumentation in a scientific context. The research took place over two years between 1999 and 2001 in junior high schools in the greater London area. The research
1 Risk and school science education
"... In this paper I consider a role for risk understanding in school science education. Grounds for this are described in terms of current sociological analyses of the contemporary world as a ‘risk society ’ and recent public understanding of science studies where science and risk are concerns commonly ..."
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In this paper I consider a role for risk understanding in school science education. Grounds for this are described in terms of current sociological analyses of the contemporary world as a ‘risk society ’ and recent public understanding of science studies where science and risk are concerns commonly
The Curriculum of School Science
"... In the 1960s school curriculum development took on a quite new form. Particularly for science education, many large projects were established to produce what usually turned out to be a 'package ' of curriculum to be implemented by teachers in the classroom. There is currently another refor ..."
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In the 1960s school curriculum development took on a quite new form. Particularly for science education, many large projects were established to produce what usually turned out to be a 'package ' of curriculum to be implemented by teachers in the classroom. There is currently another
Secondary School Science
"... The present situation of biology teaching in Australian secondary schools is described in Part-1 of the proceedings of the 1970 conference on "Biological Education in Australian Secondary Schools. " The six papers discuss the relationship of biology to other science and non-science subject ..."
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The present situation of biology teaching in Australian secondary schools is described in Part-1 of the proceedings of the 1970 conference on "Biological Education in Australian Secondary Schools. " The six papers discuss the relationship of biology to other science and non-science
Methodology: Secondary School Science
, 1980
"... This critical review synthesizes information related t, the use of the laboratory in science programs. Several approaches to the use and/or role of the laboratory in science teaching are °presented, including historical and research perspectives, opinion statements, a review of current research, and ..."
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This critical review synthesizes information related t, the use of the laboratory in science programs. Several approaches to the use and/or role of the laboratory in science teaching are °presented, including historical and research perspectives, opinion statements, a review of current research
Primary School Science:
"... a response The following pieces have been received in response to John Stringer’s In Your View article in the April 2010 issue of EiS. ..."
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a response The following pieces have been received in response to John Stringer’s In Your View article in the April 2010 issue of EiS.
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