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ERIC Number: EJ616727
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1327-7308
Chickscope Realized: A Situated Evaluation of a Sixth-Grade Classroom.
Hogan, Maureen P.
International Journal of Educational Technology, v2 n1 p1-16 Jul 2000
This is a case study of two sixth-grade teachers from Illinois who participated in a semester-long inservice to learn about Chickscope, a supercomputing application that allows students and teachers remote access to magnetic resonance images of chicken embryos. Shows how they produced an inquiry-based unit on chicken weight and measurement. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Grade 6, Inquiry, Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Science Education, Team Teaching
Available electronically: http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu/ijet/v2n1/hogan/index.html
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chick Incubation; Illinois; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Remote Access