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ERIC Number: EJ244621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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A Study of the Effect of Three Modes of Teaching on Metric Knowledge and Attitude.
Hess, Charlotte M.; Shrigley, Robert L.
Science Education, v65 n2 p131-38 Apr 1981
Compares the effectiveness of three instructional modes for teaching metric knowledge and raising the level of positive metric attitudes of preservice elementary teachers who include both high and low mathematics achievers. Similar gain scores and attitudes resulted from the three randomly assigned treatment groups of preservice teachers (N=141). (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Metric System, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research