Determined if the number of operational questions asked by fifth- and sixth-grade students (N=72) increased by teacher modeling or by practice at writing such questions. One finding is that students experiencing two types of teacher modeling asked more operational questions than students in a control group. (JN)

Sixth grade boys and girls were compared with respect to their attitudes toward science and to their science achievement; results showed that boys attained a significantly higher attitude rating but that there were no significant differences in achievement of boys and girls. (DT)

The use of student interest in the current space program was used in a vehicle for the integration of science and mathematics. (CP)

Presents suggestions of a veteran elementary science teacher on ways to improve teaching practices. These include teaching science every day, emphasizing discrepant events, delegating authority to students with greater caution, consistently involving female students in science activities, establishing plans for student evaluation in science, and…

Study included a survey of science educators related to the need to teach science, and a review of the literature on the learning theory approach to attitude change. Hypothetical models of a credible science educator and of credible communication were established by the study. (MA)

Describes an educational TV series, broadcast in Pennsylvania, called Science for the Seventies (SFTS), which presents science lessons for the elementary level. Each lesson consists of objectives, background information, an equipment list, and four or five related science activities. (MLH)

Investigated were 286 third-year elementary education students to determine instructor characteristics which most enhanced credibility in courses intended to develop a positive attitude toward teaching science. High credibility characteristics included: reference to practical activities, modeling teaching modes, past teaching experience,…

Reports the results of a study designed to investigate the status of the attitude of preservice elementary teachers toward science as measured by a Likert-type attitude scale. (JR)

Investigated was the status of the science attitude of elementary teachers in Trinidad and Tobago as measured by a Likert-type instrument. Six variables, which included the effects of gender difference, teaching level, school type attended, geographic location, and mathematics and science courses taken, were analyzed. (DS)

Reported is a study undertaken to examine an attitude paradigm that might be valid to use in initiating research on the modification of the attitudes of preservice elementary teachers toward science and the teaching of science. The subjects were 286 third year preservice elementary teachers enrolled in the fall term of 1972, at four teacher…

Data from questionnaire responses (N=207) are presented which identify those characteristics of science supervisors perceived as most creditible by elementary school teachers and those expected to influence positively the attitudes of teachers towards science. (CS)