The impact of the MARS curriculum on students' ability to coordinate theory and evidence

Volume: 25, Issue: 10, Pages: 1247 - 1271
Published: Oct 1, 2003
Abstract
The Model-Assisted Reasoning in Science (MARS) project seeks to promote model-centered instruction as a means of improving middle-school science education. As part of the evaluation of the sixth-grade curriculum, performance of MARS and non-MARS students was compared on a curriculum-neutral task. Fourteen students participated in structured interviews in which they experimented with a balance apparatus that provided three manipulable variables...
Paper Details
Title
The impact of the MARS curriculum on students' ability to coordinate theory and evidence
Published Date
Oct 1, 2003
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
1247 - 1271
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