Designing and Evaluating Science Teaching Sequences: An Approach Drawing upon the Concept of Learning Demand and a Social Constructivist Perspective on Learning.

Leach, John; Scott, Phil

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ERIC Number: EJ658155

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Designing and Evaluating Science Teaching Sequences: An Approach Drawing upon the Concept of Learning Demand and a Social Constructivist Perspective on Learning.

Leach, John; Scott, Phil

Studies in Science Education, v38 p115-42 2002

Reviews evidence on the effectiveness of "sequence of teaching activities" on student learning and the design and evaluation of science teaching sequences. Discusses the social constructivist perspective on learning and offers a generalized approach to planning a science teaching sequence. Provides an example of how to plan an instructional sequence on simple electric circuits. (Contains 59 references.) (YDS)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Physical Sciences, Science Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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