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Direct linkGrether, Gregory F. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Evolution by natural selection is key to understanding life and of considerable practical importance in public health, medicine, biotechnology, and agriculture. "The Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) include natural selection among several evolutionary concepts that all third-graders should know. This article explores a novel…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Genetics
Download full textSerrant, Ted D. – Houston Independent School District, 2015
The purpose of this report was to measure the effect of the Baylor College of Medicine Summer Science Institute (BCMSSI) on science performance of students whose teachers participated in the program during summer 2013. Paired t-test results showed statistically significant increases in the BCM students' Stanford 10 science performance at the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Science Achievement, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Serrant, Ted D. – Houston Independent School District, 2015
The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of the Baylor College of Medicine Summer Science Institute (BCMSSI) on teacher science content knowledge and students' science performance. The analysis of the effect of participation showed an increase of 253 scale score points on the 2015 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Science Achievement, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Holmes, Venita – Houston Independent School District, 2013
The purpose of this evaluation was to measure the impact of the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Summer Institute on science performance of students whose teachers participated during the summers of 2011 and 2012. Paired t-tests revealed statistically significant increases in a sample of elementary students' Stanford 10 science scores at 3rd…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Science Achievement, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students
Faigenbaum, Avery; Mediate, Patrick – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
This article provides an overview of medicine ball training. Specifically, it describes "Medicine Ball for All," a physical activity program designed to provide children and teenagers with a meaningful learning experience that is consistent with their developmental needs. The article focuses on developing a safe, successful, and inexpensive…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Physical Education, Muscular Strength, Stimulation
LeBoeuf, Whitney A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A number of studies have identified school mobility as one form of school disengagement that is disproportionately harmful for young children enrolled in large urban districts. However, there is substantial variation in these findings, with some studies actually evidencing positive associations between school mobility and academic outcomes (Mehana…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Young Children, Urban Schools, Child Development
Chang, Jen-Min; Lee, Huei; Yen, Chiung-Fen – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the alternative conceptions about burning phenomena among Atayal indigene elementary school students in Taiwan. The main difference from other relevant research is that this study assesses Atayal people's worldview by means of a questionnaire developed specifically for this purpose. There were three…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Kind, Sylvia; Irwin, Rita L.; Grauer, Kit; de Cosson, Alex – Art Education, 2005
Education is longing for a deeper more connected, more inclusive, and more aware way of knowing. One that connects heart and hand and head and does not split knowledge into dualities of thought and being, mind and body, emotion and intellect, but resonates with a wholeness and fullness that engages every part of one's being. Engagement with the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Elementary School Teachers, Interaction
