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Peer reviewedBlosser, Patricia E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1986
Studies on science course improvement projects are synthesized, with reactions from several professional organizations. Other reports from the mid-1980s are noted. A brief summary of research findings is provided, with a longer discussion on the impetus for change, the conditions needed for change, and who decides. (MNS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Download full textSmith, Herbert A. – 1979
This critical, analytical, and interpretive review of three National Science Foundation-supported studies of the state of precollege science education examines the implications that these studies may have for the science community. Areas discussed include student problems, teacher preservice and inservice education, curricular innovations and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Peer reviewedHurd, Paul De Hart; And Others – American Biology Teacher, 1980
Describes aspects of the current status of biology teaching at the pre-college level, from an analysis of data collected from three NSF surveys, the NAEP, current textbooks, and other sources. Discusses previous and prospective viewpoints regarding goals of biology education, its curriculum, teachers, laboratory, and contemporary status. (CS)…
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum
New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Wellington. – 1980
This collection contains revised versions of 15 state-of-the-art papers and 7 commentaries given at the first conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE). Each article surveys a single field relating to contemporary educational research in New Zealand, including the aims, methods, and significance of the studies…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Bibliographies, Child Development, Classroom Research
Osbourn, Ellsworth S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Beginning in 1950 the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the U.S. Office of Education collaborated in preparing an annual summary of research in the teaching of science. The present bulletin continues their cooperative effort. This analysis of research in the teaching of science contains reports of published studies…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
Obourn, Ellsworth S.; Koelsche, Charles L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This publication continues the annual series of bulletins begun in 1950 as a cooperative undertaking between the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Office of Education. The present bulletin summarizes and interprets the research in science education from July 1956 to July 1957. The improvement of teaching in science, as…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
