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Download full textO'Neil, John, Ed. – ASCD Curriculum Update, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on the issue of recommended instructional and curriculum changes that are part of the current reforms in science education. The issue is composed of four articles. The first article, "Science Education: Schools Pushed To Broaden Access, Overhaul Practice," discusses the call for a science curriculum that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Blosser, Patricia E.; Mayer, Victor J. – Investigations in Science Education, 1982
This issue of Investigations in Science Education contains articles about attitude research in science education. It contains the critiques of nine articles about attitude research as well as three responses to critiques. One response relates to a critique published in an earlier issue while the other two responses are paired with the critiques…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Pannwitt, Barbara – Curriculum Report, 1990
The focus of this curriculum report is on the earth sciences in the K-12 curriculum. High technologies have combined to produce telecommunications, the newest aid and impetus to earth sciences education. Listed in this report are educational service organizations and individual schools that have this service. Included are the names, addresses, and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Reed, James B.; Calhoon, John A. – State Legislative Report, 1992
Recent reports by the National Science Teacher's Association, the National Science Foundation, and the National Education Goals Panel indicate that the science preparation of American children is deficient. In 1990 the State of California published the "Science Framework" guide to curriculum and materials in an effort to address these…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1981
This collection of articles, originally published in national and international journals, is fifth in a series devoted to trends in teaching chemistry. The volume is divided into nine sections, each with an introduction explaining why papers have been selected and outlining their particular interest. Section I provides a list of atomic masses,…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science, Educational Games
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1987
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of ten published articles related to curriculum, misconception research, and instruction are presented. Aspects addressed in the studies include: (1) Canadian teachers' opinions on changes in elementary and junior high school science programs; (2) current status of ecology education in Illinois; (3)…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Denny, Terry – 1977
A casework approach study of the River Acres Independent School District, Texas, is presented. The study is descriptive, not evaluative; and observations are supplemented by quotations taken during interviews with teachers, students, administrators, parents, counselors, and other school personnel. The purpose of the study is to describe the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Educational Needs
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of 10 studies related to science instruction and 3 studies related to science curriculum. Analyses in the first section (instruction) are on studies of: the influence of instructional structure and focus of control on achievement; effects of individualized audio-tutorial and frontal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
