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Linn, Marcia C.; Thier, Herbert D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1975
Reports a study undertaken to determine the effect of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on logical thinking. Evidence of logical thinking was measured as the ability to explain compensating variables that occurred in a cart experiment presented on silent 16 mm film. (GS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Theories

Somers, Ronald L.; Lagdamen, Juan M., Jr. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1975
Studied the intellectual differences between third and fourth grade Filipino children who had studied Science--A Process Approach (SAPA) and others who had studied a traditional curriculum. The SAPA children performed significantly better than the control group on a test of observing, comparing, and classifying simple geometric objects. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Smith, Edward L.; McClain, Janis J. – 1972
To evaluate a method of content analysis, and as a step toward the specification of a conceptual domain for primary level science, extant instructional programs were analyzed. This paper reports an analysis of the introductory unit and three biological science units of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). The background of the program…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education

Wideen, Marvin F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science

Bajah, Sam Tunde – European Journal of Science Education, 1981
The African Primary Science Programme (APSP) was one of the three major projects in Africa sponsored by Educational Services Incorporated (ESI), later the Educational Development Center (EDC), Newton, Massachusetts. The problems of introducing this programme in the anglophone African States and its implications for science education are discussed.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education

Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – Science and Children, 1990
Described are the organization, development, and piloting of this K-6 science curriculum program. Results of the pilot study are presented including the improvement in student and teacher attitudes. (CW)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation