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ERIC Number: EJ361732
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Problems with "Control of Variables" as a Process Skill.
Lucas, A. M.; Tobin, Kenneth
Science Education, v71 n5 p685-90 Oct 1987
Discusses the development of a student's ability to control experiments as an important aim of modern science curriculum materials. Argues that most curriculum developers offer only a simplistic method of controlling variables. Suggests ways to enhance the development of variable control within the framework of student experiments. (TW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deduction, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Investigations, Process Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Variables