Fifth graders' science inquiry abilities: A comparative study of students in hands-on and textbook curricula

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-484

  Pine, Jerome ^a,b   Aschbacher, Pamela ^b   Roth, Ellen ^b   Jones, Melanie ^b   McPhee, Cameron ^b,c   Martin, Catherine ^b,d   Phelps, Scott ^b   Kyle, Tara ^b   Foley, Brian ^b,e  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CSU Northridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULL OPTION SCIENCE SYSTEM (FOSS); NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CHILDREN (STC);

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; STANDARDS; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 33646679370     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20140     Document Type: Article

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