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Direct linkMarin, N.; Gomez, E. Jimenez; Benarroch, A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
The catalogue of conceptions that students are said to have concerning the different topics of the science curriculum is so great that some authors consider this line of research to be exhausted. However, others insist on the need to re-examine students' conceptions in order to better describe them using new theoretical, contexts and research…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Science Curriculum, Research Methodology, Knowledge Level
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1988
Provides some of the results of the Engineering Manpower Commission's fall 1986 survey of enrollments in engineering education. Includes tabular data on those enrollments categorized by students in all institutions surveyed and for just those students in accredited programs, as well as by curriculum and by school and state. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Declining Enrollment, Engineering, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedMatsumura, Molleen – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Presents the results of two newspaper polls conducted in Kansas concerning the teaching of evolution. Finds that the majority of the state's citizens do think that evolution should be taught in the public schools. (WRM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution
Thompson, Garland L. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1995
The 3rd phase of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Urban Systemic Initiative adds 7 new cities to its program to boost science and mathematics education in urban schools, with grants totaling $105 million. The program supports curriculum development to improve college preparation of students in socially and economically underprivileged areas.…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
