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Dori, Yehudit J.; Herscovitz, Orit – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
Reform efforts are often unsuccessful because they failed to understand that teachers play a key role in making educational reforms successful. This paper describes a long-term teacher professional development (PD) program aimed at educating and training teachers to teach interdisciplinary topics using case-based method in science. The research…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Teaching Methods, Science Teachers, Professional Development
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Dori, Yehudit J.; Herscovitz, Orit – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Presents research on the scientific question-posing capabilities of 10th-grade students (n=127) who were studying air quality in a cooperative way using the jigsaw method. Finds that the difference between students at high and low academic levels to the extent of increase in both number and complexity of posed questions was significant. Contains…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Environmental Education