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Butts, David P.; Howe, Ann C. – 1970
Tested was the hypothesis that science instruction based on task analysis will lead to the acquisition of the ability to perform certain Piaget volume tasks which have been characterized as requiring formal operations for their solutions. A Test on Formal Operations and a Learning Hierarchies Test were given to fourth- and sixth-grade students in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Science

Esler, William K.; And Others – Science Education, 1977
Two pilot studies with 22 mildly retarded children indicate that the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Beginning unit aided development of I.Q. and reading readiness. (SL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Handicapped Children