The writing on the wall: Classroom context, curriculum implementation, and student learning in integrated, community-based science projects

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 857-880

  Venville, Grady ^a   Sheffield, Rachel ^b   Rennie, Leonie J ^b   Wallace, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classroom research; Ecology; Interdisciplinary; Middle school; School culture

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA;

CASE STUDIES; CLASSROOM RESEARCH; CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATIONS; CURRICULUM INTEGRATIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACHES; INTERDISCIPLINARY; MIDDLE SCHOOL; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SCHOOL CULTURE; SCIENCE PROJECTS; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGES; STUDENT LEARNINGS;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

EID: 55349084395     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20245     Document Type: Article

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