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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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Identifying and Addressing Students' Alternative Conceptions of the Causes of Global Warming: The Need for Cognitive Conflict.
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Meadows, George; Wiesenmayer, Randall L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Presents some of the misconceptions school-age children have about issues related to global warming/global climatic change. Discusses strategies for mitigation. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Climate Change, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Warming
Level of Internet Use among Science Teachers Involved in a Professional Development Project.
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Wiesenmayer, Randall L.; Koul, Ravinder – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Reports on a study that examined the level of instructional use of the Internet among science teachers involved in an inservice professional-development project (n=90). Finds that classroom access, instructional experience using the Internet with students, availability of resource support, and number of teacher users at school are the best…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Internet, Knowledge Base for Teaching
The Effects of STS Issue Investigation and Action Instruction versus Traditional Life Science Instruction on Seventh Grade Students' Citizenship Behaviors.
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Wiesenmayer, Randall L.; Rubba, Peter A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Reports on a study of seventh-grade life science students who received Science-Technology-Society (STS) instruction in their life science classes (n=264) versus students who received only instruction in life science content (n=136). Finds that the model of STS instruction employed significantly increased students' participation in citizenship…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Action
Integrating Internet Resources into the Science Classroom: Teachers' Perspectives.
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Wiesenmayer, Randall L.; Koul, Ravinder – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Presents teacher perspectives on the impact of Internet usage on their teaching practices. Semi-structured interviews and two online surveys provide data from teacher participants in the West Virginia K-12 RuralNet Project. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Addressing Science Teacher's Initial Perceptions of the Classroom Uses of Internet and World Wide Web-Based Resource Materials.
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Wiesenmayer, Randall L.; Meadows, George R. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1997
Examines the initial perceptions of the educational value of science resource materials available on the World Wide Web as gathered from a group of science teachers participating in the West Virginia K-12 RuralNet project summer workshop training. Results and possible solutions are discussed. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Internet