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Usage Of Plant Examples In Secondary School Biology Classes, Tamara L. Egner
Usage Of Plant Examples In Secondary School Biology Classes, Tamara L. Egner
Theses and Dissertations
Botanists have expressed concern over the dwindling recognition and emphasis of plants that currently exists in the fields of education and research. To ascertain if these claims pertain to high schools in the State of New Jersey, a survey on the frequency of using plant examples for teaching 10 biological principles was randomly distributed to secondary school biology teachers. Results from 80 respondents showed that on average, plants are used as examples in teaching 66% of these biological principles. The primary rationale cited by teachers for low or non-usage of plants was that they preferred animals as teaching examples. Underlying …
A Study Of Secondary Teachers' Attitudes Toward The Use Of The Graphing Calculator To Prepare For And Perform On The Hspa, Michael Dempsey
A Study Of Secondary Teachers' Attitudes Toward The Use Of The Graphing Calculator To Prepare For And Perform On The Hspa, Michael Dempsey
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research will be to identify the effectiveness of graphing calculators as instructional tools in building the skills needed to demonstrate proficiency on the New Jersey HSPA. To research this topic, teachers from South Jersey high schools were contacted and asked to respond to a survey regarding opinions and observations about the use of the graphing calculator. The survey was created by the researcher in order to investigate how teachers feel graphing calculators influence conceptual understanding of skills tested on the HSPA. The survey will use a Likert scale to measure teacher attitudes about the effect of …