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Blosser, Patricia E. – 1985
The two science education digests for 1985 contained reports of research related to science curriculum and instruction. This information bulletin has been designed to continue making suggestions for improving education, more specifically education in science classrooms. It focuses on: (1) findings from science education studies (including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Staver, John R., Ed. – 1981
The 1982 Yearbook of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) is the second in a series of three AETS yearbooks in which Ralph Tyler's 1949 curriculum rationale is used to analyze science curriculum. This publication is focused on the secondary school science curriculum (the 1981 yearbook was concerned with teaching science…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Problem Solving
Smutny, Joan Franklin – 2002
This digest discusses how educators can integrate arts into gifted education and provides examples of activities that integrate the arts with language arts, social studies, and mathematic and science curricula. Examples include: (1) let students draw, sketch, or paint when reading a story; (2) stimulate analytical thinking and imaginative…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E. – 1984
This digest provides information about "Research Within Reach: Science Education. A Research-Guided Response to the Concerns of Educators," part of a series produced by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia. (Previous volumes in the series focused on reading, elementary mathematics, oral and written…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1983
Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have been collected in this publication. Papers focus on such areas as cognitive structure, development of scientific literacy in secondary schools, science teaching as a career, improving science teaching,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
Anderson, Charles W., Ed. – 1984
Presented in nine separate chapters are nine studies involving the direct observation of science classrooms. Eight of the nine chapters are based on qualitative data collection techniques which typically aim for depth of insight and understanding. Studies included are: "Critical Barriers to the Understanding of Elementary Science: Learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1985
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of nine studies related to curriculum and instruction. These studies focused on: (1) the status of environmental education in Kansas; (2) attitudes of Israeli students toward two versions of a curriculum titled Agriculture as Environmental Science; (3) interrelationships among teacher intentions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, College Science
Sutman, Francis X.; Guzman, Ana – 1992
This paper, which considers effective science teaching and learning for limited English proficient (LEP) students in U.S. schools, is based on the assumption that science and English language can be effectively learned together without excessive emphasis on students' native language, although teachers and aides who have knowledge of LEP students'…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Howe, Robert W.; And Others – 1990
This monograph summarizes selected major activities, trends, issues, and recommendations related to curriculum, instructional materials and instruction related in science education that have been documented in the literature. The technique used for selecting trends, issues, and recommendations was to identify relevant literature that had published…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Harms, Norris C., Ed.; Yager, Robert E., Ed. – 1980
Presented in this document are the results of the five focus groups involved in Project Synthesis, a research study designed to synthesize and interpret the information found in the three National Science Foundation-funded status studies (the literature review, the national survey, and the case studies "The Status of Pre-College Science,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Cook, Kay K. – 1984
Intended for educational policy makers, this publication considers the teaching of controversial topics. Specifically discussed are what issues are considered controversial, why controversial topics should be taught, court decisions, ways educators can prepare for community response or complaints, and questions to address when making curriculum…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Sutman, Francis X.; And Others – 1993
New teaching methods and curricula that show promise in their ability to provide limited English proficient (LEP) students with a good education in both science and English are discussed and illustrated. Discriminatory practice has led to the clustering of LEP students into low ability tracks without consideration of their actual abilities and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1987
Abstracts of most of the papers, symposia, and poster sessions presented at the 60th conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) are provided. Subject areas addressed include: videodisc technology; problem solving; cognitive learning; attitudes toward science; teaching strategies; science, technology, society;…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Crandall, JoAnn, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Three essays focus on integrating subject matter and the English used to communicate it as a technique for teaching limited-English-proficient students. "Integrating Language and Mathematics Learning," by Theresa Corasaniti Dale and Gilberto J. Cuevas, discusses the vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and discourse features of mathematics;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
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