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Abstract
Over the last several decades, science education has been in a state of potential change. In fact from the Committees of Ten to the beginning of Project 2061 and now, it has been a time of constant debate over the best practice in science education. The most recent science education reform movement began in 1989 with an effort towards scientific literacy and relevancy by the American Association for the Advancement of Science report, Science for All Americans (American Association for the Advancement of Science { AAAS}, 1989). This publication has proven to be a landmark in science education reform and established specific definitions for the development of scientifically literate students. This was the start of Project 2061 which began as an initiative to develop tools to help local, state, and national educators redesign science curriculum to ensure success in achieving scientific literacy for all students (AAAS, 1989). Project 2061 further expanded the goals of scientific literacy in the publication Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy (AAAS, 1993). Throughout all aspects of Project 2061, including the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council {NRC}, 1996), an overwhelming theme of instruction has been the focus in the idea of inquiry with the underlying philosophy of constructivism.
Year of Submission
2004
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Science Education Program
Date Original
6-2004
Object Description
1 PDF (28 pages)
Copyright
©2004 Jennifer M. Gates
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gates, Jennifer M., "A Closer Look at Constructivism, the Learning Cycle, Scientific Process Skills and Their Interrelationships within a High School Chemistry and Physics Classroom" (2004). Graduate Research Papers. 4548.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4548
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