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Demirel, Melek; Derman, Ipek; Can Aran, Ozge – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this study is to conduct content analyses of graduate dissertations about critical thinking skills in the field of educational sciences in Turkey and to document general trends in dissertations. Research Methods: This study is constructed using qualitative research methods and techniques. A document review was used to gather…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Masters Theses
Hoffman, Frederic Eugene – 1969
Ninety students were randomly selected from students enrolled in a college general biology course and assigned randomly to two groups working in audio-tutorial laboratories. The "direct" group was taught by audio-taped lectures, laboratory exercises, and guide sheets that were primarily expository and descriptive; the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Biology, College Science
ANDERSEN, HANS O. – 1966
REPORTED IS A STUDY WHICH (1) ANALYZED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEACHING METHOD DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY, AND (2) INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS MEASURED AND THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE BACKGROUND, CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY, AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE. CONCLUDED WAS (1) THAT THE…
Descriptors: College Science, Doctoral Dissertations, Instruction, Problem Solving
The Effect of Teacher Methodology Upon Certain Achievements of Students in Secondary School Biology.
Cook, Robert Earl – 1967
The effects of certain teaching methods upon the development of critical thinking skills, an understanding of science and scientists, and knowledge of subject matter were investigated. An analysis of covariance and rank correlation between teacher behavior patterns and particular student outcomes on the "Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking…
Descriptors: Achievement, Biology, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations
SORENSEN, LAVAR LEONARD – 1966
THIS INVESTIGATION WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE CHANGE IN CRITICAL THINKING IN GROUPS OF STUDENTS STUDYING HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY IN LABORATORY-CENTERED CLASSES AND IN LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION-CENTERED CLASSES. TWENTY BIOLOGY CLASSES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE FOUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. TEN CLASSES WERE RANDOMLY…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking
Cossman, George Wilford – 1967
This study was designed to evaluate the success of an experimental secondary school course for fostering scientific literacy and the development of scientific attitudes. Students were matched using I.Q., sex, grade level, involvement with formal science courses, and cumulative grade point average. Twenty-one "self selected" eleventh and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation, Grade 11
Fiasca, Michael Aldo – 1966
Compared, for selected outcomes, were integrated chemistry-physics courses with chemistry and physics courses taught separately. Three classes studying integrated Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC)-Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and three classes studying integrated Physical Science Study Committee-Chemical Education Materials Study (CHEMS)…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking
A Comparison of Student Outcomes in Various Earth Science Courses Taught by Seventeen Iowa Teachers.
Schirner, Silas Wesley – 1967
The effects of the type of earth science course (Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) and non-ESCP), the directness or indirectness of teacher-pupil interaction in various teaching activities (I/D ratio), and the teacher's philosophical orientation (T/NT ratio) on various student outcomes such as understanding of science and scientists;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science
Baldwin, Alexinia Young – 1971
Grade seven classes of high potential and average potential students were randomly assigned to control or experimental groups. After the experimental group had used a curriculum unit - "Ecology: The Web of Life" - which was designed to emphasize higher level cognitive abilities, the Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations
Analysis of Instructional Outcomes of Students Involved with Three Courses in High School Chemistry.
Troxel, Verne Aubry – 1968
The outcomes of 1333 students enrolled in Chemical Educational Materials Study (CHEMS), Chemical Bond Approach (CBA), and a traditional chemistry course were compared on the basis of grade and ability level. For the total group, students taking CHEMS and CBA performed significantly better on the American Chemical Society Cooperative Examination in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation
Sasscer, John Clarence – 1973
This study traces the development and testing of a particular modular curriculum design that was set up where curriculum planners produced one single-level course offering for both college biology majors and non-majors. In this design, major units of study are broken into units. In each there is a basic module completed by all students in which a…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design
Torop, William – 1968
Investigated was the effect of different types of laboratory reports on measured outcomes of the Chemical Education Materials Study (CHEMS) Chemistry. Compared were procedures using essay laboratory reports, mimeographed laboratory sheets prepared by the investigator and completed by the students, the laboratory manual for the course completed by…
Descriptors: Achievement, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations