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Torop, William – 1971
Reported is an evaluation study of elementary school children's achievement of Science A Process Approach (SAPA) in grade four. A group test consisting of several tasks, providing immediate feedback on overall class performance was undertaken. The tasks focused on behaviors and provided for assessment of transfer of learning and ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
Mallette, David L. – 1967
The achievement of content and understandings of the scientific enterprise of students in the Interaction of Matter and Energy Program (IME) and conventional physical science classes was compared. The experimental group consisted of 372 pupils from 13 classes while the control group had 275 students from 12 classes. Students were pre- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Evaluation

Harbeck, Mary Blatt – Science and Children, 1978
Reports on the District of Columbia school system's competency-based curriculum plan for education accountability. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Evaluation

Renner, John W.; Coulter, Vivian Jensen – Science and Children, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
GROBMAN, HULDA – 1965
THE SUITABILITY OF THE BLUE, GREEN, AND YELLOW VERSION BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM STUDY (BSCS) FOR THE UPPER 75 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS TAKING TENTH GRADE BIOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES IS EXAMINED AND PROCEDURES USED IN ASSIGNING SLOW LEARNERS TO CLASSES USING BSCS SPECIAL MATERIALS ARE SURVEYED. THE SUITABILITY STUDY INVOLVED 12,602 STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Evaluation, Grade 10
Mason, Diana – 1996
Chemistry in the Community ("ChemCom") is a high-school level chemistry text developed by the American Chemical Society (ACS) designed for the college-bound student. The purpose of this study was to identify students enrolled in a university-level chemistry course designed for the nonscience major who had experienced the ChemCom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, College Bound Students, Educational Change
POLJAKOFF-MAYBER, ALEXANDRA – 1966
REPORTED ARE THE ADAPTATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM STUDY (BSCS) YELLOW VERSION BIOLOGY FOR USE IN ISRAEL AND A DESCRIPTION OF A FEEDBACK AND EVALUATION SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING USED IN COMPARING THE BSCS ADAPTATION TO THE CONVENTIONAL ISRAELIAN BIOLOGY PROGRAM. PART 1 DEALS WITH THE ADAPTATION OF THE BSCS MATERIALS WHICH WAS DONE BY 25…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum
Blosser, Patricia E. – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hathway, James A., Ed. – 1973
This is one form of three performance checks booklets (A, B, and C) for two texts of Level III of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). These two texts are Environmental Science (ES), and Well-Being (WB). The 12 performance checks booklets for Level III are considered one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation