Discusses the adoption, by the Samoan elementary school system, of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) materials. Lists the SCIS courses being used and described some SCIS experiments performed by the Samoan students. (MLH)

Comments on the fact that national elementary school curriculum projects contain few earth science topics, in spite of the high interest which children display toward earth science activities. (MLH)

Describes problems and successes in adapting Science Curriculum Improvement (SCIS) materials for use in the National College of Schweifat, located near Beirut, Lebanon. (CS)

Reviews the Elementary School Sciences Program (ESSP) in terms of format and content, goals and objectives, student materials, teacher materials, and equipment and media kits. (CP)

Reviews prepared by NSTA Curriculum Review Center at the University of Georgia, Athens, are presented. The Me Now program is described in detail - showing organization into four units representing a two-year instructional program for an Educable Mentally Handicapped Class. (EB)

Not only are relevant and field centered preservice teacher preparation programs necessary in order to bring about desired changes in science instruction in elementary schools, but strategies should be planned for implementation of improved programs in schools as well. Guidelines are described for effecting successful change in schools. (PS)

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether success in the Science - A Process Approach (SAPA) process of classification designed for primary grade children is contingent upon the children's developmental level as defined by Piaget's theory. The investigators sought to determine whether children who had reached the concrete operational…

Investigates the perceptions of teachers, principals, and consultants concerning the importance of identified inservice activities, provided by a consultant, to implementing teachers. One hundred-forty-five educators participated in a program in which Science--A Process Approach (SAPA) materials were introduced. Collectively, educators considered…

This document describes an empirical study on the patterns of teacher behavior and a comparison of student outcomes from two settings where different programs (types of curricula) were used. The two psychological positions identified within the curricula were stated to have been operationalized in the two programs developed for the elementary…

Presented are reasons why EMH children have usually been deprived of science in their curriculum as well as discussion of a study done to counteract these problems. Curriculum programs specifically developed for these children are described. (EB)

Provides annotated list of 15 curriculum project newsletters currently being published. (PB)

On the basis that one of the primary goals for an inservice institute introducing an innovative curriculum should be to change the participants' philosophy of teaching, this study analyzed the achievement of this goal in several inservice institutes designed to prepare teachers for implementing the Elementary Science Study (ESS) and the Science…

This study is one of three designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) program. The school study is essentially a discussion of the link between program dissemination and student experience, a discussion of the form taken by USMES in schools and classrooms. Part one is a statistical…

This study is one of three designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) program. The student study examined the program's impact on students' development of problem-solving abilities and on their attitudes. Conditions affecting the program's impact were identified, including the…