To evaluate the recent advances in learning progression (LP) research and identify future research directions, we reviewed LP literature from 2006 to 2018. Through a systematic search of Web of Science databases and key journals, we located 130 LP articles published between 2006 and 2018. Among these articles, we reviewed 86 studies. The review…

Reviews literature on the effectiveness of pictures used in classrooms and concludes that further research in this field can provide a basis for reliable instruction decision making. Research problems are identified, some of which are related to picture types, subject content presentation formats, and their relations with learner's…

Advocates the use of a free-sort categorization technique for evaluation of higher-order science instructional objectives. An explanation and demonstration of the use of the evaluation technique with 284 ninth-grade science students is provided. (CP)

The editors of this review have focused on four purposes: (1) to portray the state of knowledge in science education, (2) to describe any existing trends, (3) to identify areas which need to be researched, and (4) to provide tentative answers to pertinent problems, if any seem to emerge from the research. Research studies reviewed have been…

Instructors continually asked lower level and memory questions despite efforts to change their behaviors by encouraging the use of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation questions. (AL)

An electronic student response system was used in teaching college biology to non-science students. Achievement of this treatment group was compared with that of the control group (not utilizing the response system). The only statistical significant difference found in an analysis of covariance was an interaction between treatment group and time…

Briefly reviews research concerning concept learning related to science instruction and argues that a strong theoretical understanding of these processes will be needed whatever the variations in curriculum emphasis. (AL)

The research, learning theory, and educational practices related to mathemagenic behavior are examined. The application of mathemagenic research and theory to science instruction is detailed. Instructional materials and methods useful in integrating mathemagenic research with instruction in science are outlined. (BT)

The number of observations made by 3-year-old students increased following a series of science activities emphasizing observational skills. (AL)

Student teachers instructed in techniques of deliberate set induction produced greater achievement and retention in their students than student teachers given no instruction in this teaching technique. (AL)

The relationship of certain teacher background variables to their attitudes priorities, expectations, and instructional practices regarding botany and zoology was investigated. Teachers were grouped into three categories: botanists, zoologists, and neutrals; the academic achievement of the students of the teachers in the three categories was…

Students enrolled in an audio-tutorial section of an introductory college physics course responded more favorably than did students in the lecture section on a student questionnaire concerned with attitudes toward the course and laboratory. (MLH)

Reported is a study designed to identify the pattern of cognitive processes implied in teacher-made examinations in secondary school science in Lebanon and to relate the pattern to such variables as grade level, subject matter taught, and some teacher characteristics. Bloom's "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain" was…