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ERIC Number: EJ627105
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
Performance Assessment of a Standards-based High School Biology Curriculum.
Leonard, William H.; Speziale, Barbara J.; Penick, John E.
American Biology Teacher, v63 n5 p310-11,313-16 May 2001
Presents a study that compares an introductory high school biology curriculum, Biology: A Community Context (BACC), with traditional curricula. Discusses the differences between standards-based BACC and traditional instruction. Identifies the instructional method in BACC as investigative inquiry and the activities proceed from concrete to more abstract. (Contains 19 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, High Schools, Inquiry, Performance Based Assessment, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Standards, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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