Describes procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to evaluate the success achieved in an experimental secondary school course aimed at fostering scientific literacy. The pretest-posttest control group design with matching was used. Results indicated that pretreatment-posttreatment growth score differences between the comparison…

The purpose of this study was to describe and exemplify a model to aid schools in introducing and evaluating new instructional programs. Four basic steps are identified: selecting the curriculum goals, identifying a possible program or programs, evaluating the implementation of the program or programs, and developing and obtaining instruments for…

This investigation was an attempt to determine the suitability of a highly structured course in science, Introductory Physical Science (IPS), for all eighth-grade students in a suburban school. The major measure for the evaluation of the course was to study the degree of teacher commitment to the objectives of the course and determine if this…