Indicates that a large section of general education biology students can be divided into smaller groups, each receiving different amounts and kinds of instruction, with no apparent effect on their achievement, their attitudes toward the course, or their attitudes toward science. (LS)

Presented are the results of an approach to teaching physical chemistry designed to increase student motivation. Student achievement in a course utilizing motivation variables such as self-pacing, no dropping of grades, no pop-tests, and taped lectures, indicated significant gains over a course taught by a traditional approach. (SL)

There were no significant differences in achievement between students using an earth science laboratory block with or without teacher direction. (AL)

Achievement scores of Israeli high school students using Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) materials were shown to be significantly higher than those for students using another curriculum. (MLH)

Reports the teaching behaviors of instructors who (1) willfully and (2) under mandate adopted a new earth science syllabus. After a four year time span had elapsed, both groups exhibited similar behaviors. (CP)

Reviews the research on science education at the secondary school level reported in 1968-69 and held in the collection of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education. The bibliography contains 189 entries, of which 73 are cited in the text. ERIC Document Reproduction Service ordering information is provided where…

Studies of a group of seventh-grade students who were tested for inquiry skills using the TAB Science Test showed no significant differences between those students who had studied the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) and those who studied another curriculum. (MLH)

Investigated were effects of learning structure on change in preference for science courses. Results indicated that physics students learning in ways they prefer register greater gains in preference for physics than do students in incompatible learning structures. No significant differences were found for students in biology, chemistry, or…

Investigated was the involvement in the Iowa-UPSTEP preservice teacher education program on the development of a more positive self-concept among students. Pretest-post test of 22 students in each program indicated more significant gains among the experimental group. (SL)

Studies elementary school childrens' abilities in (1) measuring and constructing angles, and (2) interpreting and constructing linear graphs as a result of instructional formats. Partitioned into instructional treatments of (1) science, (2) science-mathematics, (3) mathematics, and (4) control were 161 fourth- and fifth-grade children. Mathematics…

Cites 124 references to science education research literature and summarizes research on instruction, curriculum, teacher education, developmental studies, teacher characteristics, and instrument development. (AL)

Normal adolescents, retarded adolescents, and high ability second-graders were compared on their abilities to master high and low structure science materials. An increase of structure was found to be related to recall for all groups, but to be of particular importance for the retarded adolescents. (CP)

The development and administration of a scientific literacy test designed to measure achievement of the objectives of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) project is described. Students who had completed the six year SCIS curricula were compared with those who had used other science materials. SCIS subjects scored significantly higher…