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Teaching Process Skills in the Middle School.
Kenneth Tobin,William Capie +1 more
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This article is published in School Science and Mathematics.The article was published on 1980-11-01. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Science education & Primary education.read more
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Science fiction: the continuing misrepresentation of science in the school curriculum
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that despite the recent outpouring of writing on the history, philosophy and sociology of science, and its significance for science education, the school science curriculum continues to promote some grossly distorted views of science and scientists.
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The effects of instruction on integrated science process skill achievement
TL;DR: The authors used a model for generating integrated process skill lessons to produce all lessons and found that both sixth and eighth-grade students can learn to use certain integrated process skills; growth was apparent in identifying variables and stating hypotheses.
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Relationships between formal reasoning ability, locus of control, academic engagement and integrated process skill achievement
Kenneth Tobin,William Capie +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that formal reasoning ability was the strongest predictor of process skill achievement and retention, accounting for approximately 36% of the variance in each case, while attending and generalizing was positively associated with rates of generalizing and comprehending.