Reported is a study representing a chronological history of selected objectives for the teaching of secondary school chemistry in the United States during the 1918-1972 period. Periodical literature was the primary source of materials reviewed, consisting of "School Science and Mathematics" (1918-1972), "Science Education" and "The General Science…

Presents a chronological history of selected objectives for teaching biology in the high school of the United States during the period of 1918-1972. Analyses show (1) knowledge; (2) process; and (3) attitude and interest as the most important categories of objectives for secondary school biology teaching. (HM)

Reports the results of a study designed to determine the nature of research-oriented statements of objectives for the teaching of secondary school chemistry as found in selected professional periodicals of the 1918-1972 period. (Author/JR)

Statements of the objectives of secondary school chemistry teaching appearing in six science education journals during 1918-1972 are divided into six chronological periods and classified as knowledge, process, attitude and interest, or cultural awareness. Includes tables giving percentage rankings of the four main categories and eighteen…

Selected professional periodicals were searched for statements of objectives of secondary school biology teaching for six subperiods of the period 1918-1972. Statements of 18 objective types were classified as to frequency of occurrence, category, authorship, and year of publication. The categories of objectives were: knowledge, process, attitude,…

An analysis of objectives of secondary school earth science education as gleaned from selected literature is given in a further attempt to develop a complete history of science education in the United States. (MR)