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| Research in Science Education | 2 |
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| Tobin, Kenneth | 2 |
| Seiler, Gale | 1 |
| Walls, Edward | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Peer reviewedTobin, Kenneth; Seiler, Gale; Walls, Edward – Research in Science Education, 1999
Examines the difficulties of engaging students who lack motivation to learn and attend sporadically in an urban high school science class. Contains 17 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Attendance, Classroom Research, High Schools, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedTobin, Kenneth – Research in Science Education, 2000
Describes the author's difficulties in teaching students who were ethnically, culturally, and socially different from himself. Emphasizes the significance of connecting the enacted curriculum to the interests and extant knowledge of students. Suggests some implications for teaching science, enacting and appropriating science curricula, and…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Personal Narratives
