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ERIC Number: EJ185678
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Effectiveness of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study in Teaching Scientific Literacy
Bowyer, Jane B.; Linn, Marcia C.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 15, 3, 209-19, May 78
The development and administration of a scientific literacy test designed to measure achievement of the objectives of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) project is described. Students who had completed the six year SCIS curricula were compared with those who had used other science materials. SCIS subjects scored significantly higher on some aspects of the literacy test. (CP)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Instruction, Program Evaluation, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Test Construction, Tests
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Identifiers: Science Curriculum Improvement Study