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Peer reviewedSunal, Dennis W. – Science Education, 1980
Focuses on the relationships of the teacher's affective attributes, concerning both interest and attitude, and measures of teaching behaviors of elementary grade preservice teachers (N=148) consistent with instructional methodology of the SCIS curriculum. Results include a confirmation that a field-oriented treatment yields significant changes in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Field Instruction
Peer reviewedBethel, Lowell J.; George, Kenneth D. – Science and Children, 1979
Presents basic guidelines for classroom control and discipline for teachers using new science programs that encourage independent study and hands-on activities. (MA)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Haan, Norma – 1968
This report presents the results of an investigation of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) program and the effects of the Materials Objects unit on first-grade students and teachers. The contents of the report include purposes and limitations of the study, discussion of the instruments, observers, reliability of the Q sort, the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedStronck, David R.; Koller, Geraldine R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1981
Evaluated the effectiveness of an in-service science program, designed to introduce the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) to 35 elementary schools, by measuring teachers' (N=168) use of living materials available from the school district's resource supply center. Findings include no significant increase in material usage by workshop…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
Download full textBredderman, Ted – 1982
A quantitative synthesis of research findings on the effects of three major activity-based elementary science programs developed with National Science Foundation support was conducted. Controlled evaluation studies of the Elementary Science Study (ESS), Science-A Process Approach (SAPA), or The Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) were used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
