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Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – 1980
This issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of teacher education, learning, and student perceptions. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an abstractor's…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Learning, Research, Research Methodology
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1980
Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of nine articles which report research in the areas of cognitive development, learning, instruction, and scientific literacy. Each abstract contains bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and the abstractor's critical analysis of the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Instruction
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – 1978
Included in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" are 9 abstracts and critical analyses of articles published in professional journals by science educators of research reports in the areas of instruction, teacher education and learning. Each abstract-analysis includes biographical data, research design and procedure, purpose,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Exceptional Child Research, Instruction, Learning
White, Arthur L., Ed.; Blosser, Patricia E., Ed. – 1981
Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 55th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), held at the Abbey, Lake Geneva, WI, April 5-8, 1982 have been collected in this publication. Papers relate to such topics as teacher education: preservice and inservice, cognitive development, research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conference Papers, Elementary Secondary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – 1979
This issue contains copies of the five principal addresses given at the 1979 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. The five papers speak to the theme of the meeting "The Impact of Learning Paradigms on Teaching and Research." Titles of the papers and their authors are: "The Implications of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1984
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of 10 studies related, in some manner, to learning. These studies focus on: (1) problem-solving processes used by experts and novices as they worked five mechanics problems (J. H. Larkin and F. Reif); (2) formal reasoning patterns of Italian high school students (M. L. Aiello-Nicosia, et al.); (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Critiques of 10 articles reporting research studies focused on various aspects of attitude development in science education and of six research articles related to investigations of learning and cognitive development are contained in this issue. Seven of the attitude articles describe investigations designed to change the attitudes of both…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of 10 studies related to science instruction and 3 studies related to science curriculum. Analyses in the first section (instruction) are on studies of: the influence of instructional structure and focus of control on achievement; effects of individualized audio-tutorial and frontal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1981
Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of four research studies classified as relating to science curricula, four studies about learning, and one study on the evaluation of an instrument designed to measure students' orientation toward science. Three of the curriculum studies each relate to a specific curriculum project…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, College Science