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Download full textWelch, Wayne W. – 1971
The purpose of this paper is to summarize and review the results of the Harvard Project Physics (HPP) research and evaluation activity to make available to interested science educators the design, implementation, and results of a major curriculum evaluation effort. This activity was conducted during the years 1965-1970 and had considerable support…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation, Physics
Holton, Gerald; And Others – 1972
As appendices to the final report on Project Physics (SE 015 500), this volume includes parts of the original documents concerning the project development. Articles published in the "Physics Teacher" are included in reprint form. Evaluation and research papers along with related materials issued in other publications are grouped into…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Physics
Holton, Gerald; And Others – 1972
Detailed descriptions about Project Physics are presented in this report covering the period from July 1, 1964 - August 15, 1970. The objectives of designing a humanistically-oriented course, attracting more senior-high students, and contributing to the advancement of knowledge of the factors influencing physics learning are discussed with a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Research
Kelsey, Robert Joseph – 1988
After using the "Physics: A Human Endeavor" curriculum for a period of time students and teachers in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, in general, suggested that there was a need for a curriculum change. This paper reports on ways to effectively change the curriculum. Topics included are: (1) need for change in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTebbutt, M. J. – Physics Education, 1981
Summarizes results of a survey on teachers' views of the Nuffield A-level physics course (NAP) including, among others, course content, philosophy, examinations, organization, and individual units. Suggests that most teachers surveyed were satisfied with their NAP course. (SK)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Physics, Science Course Improvement Projects
Richmond, Richard F., Comp. – 1981
Presented are student papers from a science curriculum class at the Florida Institute of Technology. Topics of the papers include Outdoor Biological Instructional Strategies, Individualized Instruction, Nonmajor Science Education, Secondary School Remedial Mathematics, Advanced Placement Program, "Biology: Living Systems," public law 94-142,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation
GOODLAD, JOHN I.; AND OTHERS – 1966
DEVELOPMENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM REVISION FROM 1950 TO 1963 ARE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED. SCHOOL VISITATIONS, PROGRESS REPORTS, PROJECT CRITIQUES, AND INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH PROJECT DIRECTORS WERE USED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS GENERALLY INCLUDE--(1) A…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum Development
