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Schellinger, Jennifer; Jaber, Lama Z.; Southerland, Sherry A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Science reforms in national K-12 science education standards position engineering as a discipline that can be productively integrated into science curricula. This integrated approach presents science as foundational to engineering and engineering as a tool to contextualize and reinforce science ideas such that students come to develop…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Integrated Activities, Engineering, Elementary Education
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Forbes, Cory T.; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Curriculum materials are crucial tools with which teachers engage students in science as inquiry. In order to use curriculum materials effectively, however, teachers must develop a robust capacity for pedagogical design, or the ability to mobilize a variety of personal and curricular resources to promote student learning. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods
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Gullickson, Arlen R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1978
Evaluates the use of mass media to create awareness of the concept, action science, and of a facility, resource services. Results indicate that this project was not superior in creating awareness of the designated curricula during its period of activity, although it did effect an increased awareness overall. (MA)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
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Sabar, Naama; Ariav, Tamar – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1980
This study focuses on the transmission stage of curriculum implementation, specifically at the interaction level of curriculum developer and teacher. Level of agreement regarding objectives and priorities between evaluators, teachers, and developers was determined for a unit on "colors" developed for primary school children and partially…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Individualized Instruction
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Barufaldi, James P.; Swift, Jennifer W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1980
Questions Whether first-grade student participation in selected experimental activities from the BSCS-ESSP enhances skills in listening as measured by the Cooperative Primary Series Listening Test (CPSLT). (CS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 1, Listening Skills
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Gennaro, Eugene; Lawrenz, Francis – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Evaluates a program that encourages elementary school students and their parents to study science in an inquiry-oriented fashion in their own homes. Findings indicate that the program is viewed positively by both the students and their parents, and there are gender and grade-level differences in the student perceptions. (Author/PR)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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Ramadas, Jayashree; Kulkarni, V. G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Investigated relationship between lesson content and participation of pupils in rural India primary schools. Spontaneous participation in teacher-directed classrooms (N=136) was shown to be correlated with time spent by teachers in relating textbook content to pupils' natural experience. Experiments and teaching aids were also useful in drawing…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
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Kren, Sandra R.; Huntsberger, John P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
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…
Descriptors: Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Presents findings from a systematic analysis of elementary-school science textbooks in terms of content domain, method of information presentation, types of questions, and considerateness. Found substantial differences between programs and suggests five further research questions. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Questioning Techniques, Science Curriculum
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Tolman, Richard R.; Barufaldi, James P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1979
Reports a study of the effects of teaching the Elementary School Sciences Program (ESSP) on attitudes towards science of elementary school teachers. (SA)
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Staver, John R.; Bay, Mary – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on a study designed to examine selected units of commonly used elementary science texts, using the Project Synthesis goal clusters as a framework for part of the examination. The discussion of the finding focuses on the comparison of the results to recommendations of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). (TW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Gabel, Dorothy; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on a study intended to determine the science education research interests of elementary teachers and to examine the data according to certain demographic variables. Results indicate that hands-on experience, science content, cognitive development and learning styles, problem solving, and teaching strategies were the top five research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Demography, Elementary Education
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Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Reports on a study conducted in the Richardson Independent School District (Texas) which was designed to assess the attitudes toward science of students and teachers who have been involved with the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) compared to non-SCIS students and teachers. (TW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Inquiry
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Atwood, Ronald K; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Surveyed teachers' perceptions of the SCIS-II elementary science program. Results indicate that grades K-2 teachers rated the program more positively than grades 3-6 teachers. Teachers who rated the program higher perceived fewer barriers to effectively utilizing the program. Teachers rated the program higher for developing social skills and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Course Content, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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Tretter, Thomas R.; Jones, M. Gail; Andre, Thomas; Negishi, Atsuko; Minogue, James – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
To reduce curricular fragmentation in science education, reform recommendations include using common, unifying themes such as scaling to enhance curricular coherence. This study involved 215 participants from five groups (grades 5, 7, 9, and 12, and doctoral students), who completed written assessments and card sort tasks related to their…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Science Education, Science Curriculum
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