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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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Marulcu, Ismail; Karakuyu, Yunus; Dogan, Mevlut – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
In this study, we investigated whether concept maps were used as often and as effectively in elementary science and technology classrooms as recommended by the National Ministry of Education (MEB) in the new curricula in Turkey. In the new elementary science and technology curricula, the MEB provides a general concept map for each unit. We used…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures
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Havu-Nuutinen, Sari; Karkkainen, Sirpa; Keinonen, Tuula – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2011
This paper focuses on pupils' perceptions of water issues. The instructional situations take place in a Finnish primary school and aim at introducing the Science-Technology-Society (STS) study approach. The primary aim of this study is, in the context of STS instruction, to describe issues that pupils associate with water. This paper involves…
Descriptors: Water, Science and Society, Foreign Countries, Grade 5
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Temur, Ozlem Dogan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2007
The aim of this research is to reveal teaching activities which are designed according to the Multiple Intelligence Theory to have effects on the student's success in mathematics and on the permanence of the knowledge learned. This research has been carried out with the fourth graders at Gazi University Foundation Private Primary school. Among all…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Multiple Intelligences, Mathematics Achievement