Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 1990
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Timothy W. Young
Second Committee Member
Teresa Lynn Martin
Third Committee Member
Donald G. Dietrich
Abstract
The central objective of this project is to enhance the middle school eighthgrade Earth Science curriculum by developing or adapting existing laboratory activities to model hands-on, inquiry, and discovery learning methods. These laboratory activities are designed to encourage independent student-centered learning as opposed to teacher-centered and directed activities.
The project also explored the nature of the science laboratory as it exists in classrooms today and how it can be improved through an understanding of the nature and process of science.
Recommended Citation
Hesse, Diane Hinchliff, "The Enhancement of Earth Science Laboratories and Activities through Inquiry, Discovery and Hands-on Methods" (1990). All Graduate Projects. 303.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/303
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Earth Sciences Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons