The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Science Project encompasses three countries--Australia, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United States. It is considered Phase II of the project, with a Mathematics Study completed in 1967 as Phase I. A background paper is presented to include in tabulated…

Explains Knowledge Integration Environment (KIE) activities which are designed to promote lifelong science learning. Describes the partnership process that guided the design as well as the Scaffolded Knowledge Integration (SKI) framework that gave the partnership a head start on creating effective materials. (Contains 52 references.) (Author/YDS)

The purpose of this booklet is to discuss how the curriculum is changing and what assessment methods are needed to monitor and measure the performance of students in the restructured science curriculum. Sections in this booklet include: (1) The need for alternate assessment, (2) Performance assessment, (3) Observation and questioning, (4)…

Suggests that a possible explanation of why student achievement in science is higher than nationwide statistics rests in the combined systemwide philosophy of education combined with the implementation of science curricula K-8 which was compatible with the district philosphy. Data tables are presented. (EB)

Attempts to assess the impact of the NSF science curriculum projects have been generally unsatisfactory. Much of the NSF impact on science education will probably continue to defy quantification. Whether or not the new curricula achieve their goal of increasing scientific literacy among the public can only be evaluated over the lifetimes of the…

Described is the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, established to provide focus for new initiatives in science education research and to strengthen the commitment of the Biological Science Curriculum Study to curriculum development, evaluation, and research. Research efforts include problem solving and status of middle school science…

Changes in science education are examined and speculations made on what these changes imply for the future. Among the topics included are science subject matter, the learner and learning, curriculum development, science as inquiry, the laboratory, Piaget and science education, evaluation and teacher education. (PB)

Described is the Del Mod System, its inception, the fundings associated with it, and its objectives. A number of projects have already been completed and implemented. This monograph describes the evaluations of such projects and of the Del Mod systems-approach to science education. The area of evaluation and the method of data collection (with…

This digest provides information about "Research Within Reach: Science Education. A Research-Guided Response to the Concerns of Educators," part of a series produced by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia. (Previous volumes in the series focused on reading, elementary mathematics, oral and written…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level I of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation materials for Level I of the ISCS. This booklet (form A), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level I of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation materials for Level I of the ISCS. This booklet (form B), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level I of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation meterials for Level I of the ISCS. This booklet (form C), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level II of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation materials for Level II of the ISCS. This booklet (form A), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level II of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation materials for Level II of the ISCS. This booklet (form B), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…

This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for Level II of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). The three booklets are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation materials for Level II of the ISCS. This booklet (form C), developed to assess the students' achievement of the…