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ERIC Number: EJ308960
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Using Guided Design to Help Students Learn About the Energy Problem.
Goldberg, Fred M.; Shuman, James C.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v14 n2 p122-27 Nov 1984
Compared the effectiveness of using guided-design or traditional approaches to study the energy problem in America. Examined to what extent students: (1) actually learned material; (2) perceived they learned the material; and (3) became more involved in discussing and considering solutions to energy problems. Includes course and guided-design project descriptions. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Conventional Instruction, Energy, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Guided Design; Science Education Research
Note: This project was supported in part from National Science Foundation grants SER 7800084 and SER 7907173.