This issue provides abstracts and analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports in three areas of investigation. The first area is cognitive development. Three of the five studies presented in this area are Piagetian in nature. The second group contains four studies dealing with attitudes and values. And the third area,…

This issue provides abstracts and analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports in two areas of investigation. The first, student characteristics, includes three reports which deal with student interests, attitudes, and values. The second, teacher characteristics, also contains three reports. These studies deal with teachers'…

Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 58th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have been collected in this publication. These papers related to such areas as: science curriculum development, design, and implementation; science test development; factors influencing student science…

This volume includes abstracts and abstractors' critiques of 15 published research reports related to elementary, secondary and college science teaching and learning. Topics include: (1) assessing attitudes toward energy conservation; (2) persuasive communications; (3) questioning techniques; (4) teachers' verbal exposition on student…