Presents arguments for the need to examine programs that prepare science teacher educators and discusses the significant role that mentoring plays in preparing future science teacher educators. Examines features of an exemplary mentor model and suggests that a formal program of mentoring the preservice science teacher educator should be part of…

The Materials and Assistance in Science Teaching project carried out a model program for improving science teaching in all 125 elementary classrooms in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District of Northern California. The project was a cooperative activity involving Sonoma State University and the school district, with funding shared by…

Science-prone students are both academically gifted and display a driving interest in science. Describes the origins and evolution of the Science Talent Search Program, a program designed to identify science-prone high school students. Discusses variations of four exemplars of the program. (Contains 46 references.) (MDH)

This document contains materials used in a model industrial technology program that introduced technology into the curricula of elementary, middle, and high schools in three sites in Ohio: the Central site (coordinated through Ohio State University); the Northeast site (coordinated through Kent State University); and the Northwest site…