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Message in a Fossil: Promoting Scientific Thinking in a Geological Setting

Explore how 2nd-grade students in Plano School District improved scientific thinking by studying fossils and making inferences, with significant results in recall, language, and classification. Research conducted with pre/post tests and interviews.

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Message in a Fossil: Promoting Scientific Thinking in a Geological Setting

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  1. Scientific thinking in a geological setting

  2. The Tale of Two widely-reported problems from young children • Relating fossils to the organisms from which they formed • Making inferences from shreds of evidence

  3. Message in a Fossil: Promoting scientific thinking in a geological context • Plano Thematic • curriculum Integration • Project • 2nd Grade

  4. Researching Learning & cognitive outcomes of working with MIF • 2nd graders in Plano School District • Pre and post tests • Knowledge questionnaires • Interviews

  5. Where is the best place for you to look for the owner of the package? • in the nearby grocery store • in the garage • in the kitchen of the restaurant • in the school

  6. Major results Significant improvement in: • Recall • Scientific language • Classification • Inference • Sequencing

  7. Henderson, L., Eshet, Y., and Klemes, J. (2000). Under the Microscope: Factors influencing student outcomes in a computer integrated classroom, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 19 (3), 211-236. Henderson, L., Klemes, J., and Eshet, Y. (2000). Just playing a game? Educational simulation software and cognitive outcomes, Journal of Educational Computing Research, 22 (1), 105-129.

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