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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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Improving Investigations from the AKSIS Project.
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Watson, Rod; Robinson, Valerie Wood; Goldsworthy, Anne – Education in Science, 2001
Explains the results of research on formative assessment which focuses on improving student learning. Presents a model for a targeted learning model and lists the components of the model. (YDS)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Inquiry, Learning, Learning Activities
Improving Investigations from the AKSIS Project.
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Robinson, Valerie Wood; Watson, Rod; Goldsworthy, Anne – Education in Science, 2000
Desribes teaching investigations at key stages 2 and 3. Includes two activities used to develop understanding in scientific inquiry. (SAH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Science Activities, Science Process Skills
AKSIS--Science Investigations.
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Watson, Rod; Goldsworthy, Anne; Robinson, Valerie Wood – Education in Science, 2000
Discusses ways for teachers to help science students understand what makes a good description of a problem in a scientific investigation. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science, Inquiry, Science Activities
Improving Investigations from the AKSIS Project.
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Robinson, Valerie Wood; Watson, Rod; Goldsworthy, Anne – Education in Science, 1999
Discusses teaching investigations at key stages. (CCM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investigations, Research, Science Education
Improving Investigations from the AKSIS Project.
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Goldsworthy, Anne; Watson, Rod; Robinson, Valerie Wood – Education in Science, 1999
Suggests using everyday examples to help students describe the relationships that emerge from the evidence displayed on line graphs during science investigations. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Graphs, Mathematical Concepts
AKSIS--Science Investigations.
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Robinson, Valerie Wood; Watson, Rod; Goldsworthy, Anne – Education in Science, 1999
Discusses ways for teachers to help students understand how to ask questions appropriate for scientific inquiry. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Science Activities
Dream On.
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Goldsworthy, Anne – Education in Science, 1997
Discusses ways in which science in the primary curriculum might develop in the future. Shares a dream for the future that includes confident teachers using good equipment, teaching challenging science, emphasizing both the use of evidence to support arguments and the development of language to clarify thinking. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries