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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Effectiveness of Technological Design on Elementary Student Teachers' Understanding of Air Resistance, Gravity, Terminal Velocity and Acceleration: Model Parachute Race Activity
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Aydin, Mirac; Bakirci, Hasan; Artun, Huseyin; Cepni, Salih – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
Educational research maintains that, teaching science through designing technology has significant educational potential. Although the literature emphasizes that making technological designs is beneficial for students, it is stressed that studies about technological design generally focus on mental structures rather than hand skills of students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Teachers, Educational Technology, Scientific Concepts
The Effects of Swedish Knife Model on Students' Understanding of the Digestive System
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Cerrah Ozsevgec, Lale; Artun, Huseyin; Unal, Melike – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
This study was designed to examine the effect of Swedish Knife Model on students' understanding of digestive system. A simple experimental design (pretest-treatment-posttest) was used in the study and internal comparison of the results of the one group was made. The sample consisted of 40 7th grade Turkish students whose ages range from 13 to 15.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Human Body, Biology