Reports study of ability of 300 first grade Honolulu, Hawaii students to describe properties of a physical object. Children were divided into experimentals who received instruction in the Material Objects Unit of the Science Curriculum Improvement Project (SCIS) and controls who received usual program. Experimentals were significantly higher in…

Reports the results of a study of the relationship between cognitive style and achievement in a modern elementary science program. (JR)

Thirty-eight students were utilized to test the hypothesis that a science activity supplemented reading program would increase reading achievement in first graders. Results of the 161/2 week program indicated the experimental group performed significantly better. (SL)

The study investigated achievement status as a factor determining the use of language-based activities for learning science. A total of 154 eighth-grade students were randomly assigned to four groups, all stratified for gender and achievement level. The treatments involved various combinations of talk and writing, and descriptive and explanatory…

Reports investigation of improvements in concept formation resulting from use of supplementary student materials with televised junior high general science instruction. Three types of materials-participation, redundant, and new-were used with 896 students in public and parochial Indiana schools. Concept improvement at the knowledge level was…

The purpose of this study was to use parallel measures, in a sample of Israeli classrooms (18 teachers classes) to assess the perception of behavior and adequacy of role performance of self and others. Findings suggest that teacher self-concept is associated with student self-concept and achievement levels. (Author/DS)

"Creativity training may be included as a portion of an existing elementary methods course and effect gratifying creativity improvement with no loss in subject-matter achievement." The possibility that "the creativity-trained person becomes more creative because he values creativity more" suggests a modification of Guilford's Structure of…

Reports study of achievement of ninth and tenth grade level students in Israel City, Kibbuts, and agricultural schools during 1966-68. Mean test scores on adopted BSCS Yellow Version topices attained by 549 BSCS students are signigicantly higher than those by 456 non-BSCS students. (JM)

Compares the effects of two problem-solving teaching approaches. Lower ability students in an activity group demonstrated superior growth in basic science understanding, &roblem-solving skills, science interests, personal adjustment, and school attitudes. Neither method favored cognitive learning by higher ability students. (PR)

Determines the relationships among Piaget's construct of operative comprehension, self-concept, and science achievement, and reports a positive correlation between them. (GA)

Describes an operationalized model for enhancing educational accountability. The strategy links accountability to student performance. (EB)

Reports study of achievement differences among second grade children through use of visual perception training for introfactor transfer prior to study of the "Relativity of Position and Motion" Unit, Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Achievement is attributed to perceptual training in identical elements and to stimulating…

Described is a study of two types of individualized instruction, using two BSCS Green Version biology classes in a Minnesota high school, to determine what effect freedom for the student to develop or select his learning experiences had upon (a) his academic achievement, (b) how well he perceived he could achieve academically, and (c) how much…

There were no differences in biology achievement or critical thinking scores of students of teachers with different degrees of self actualization. However, when grouped according to their success in increasing students' critical thinking ability, effective teachers could be distinguished from ineffective by their scores on the existentiality''…