Examines alternative evaluation models to expand the concept of process-product research in teaching training program evaluation. Figures represent these models discussed in the text: an education process-product research model, a conventional process-product teaching training program assessment model, and an expansion of that model. (CS)

Investigated was the effectiveness of interventions designed to mediate the negative influence of ascription on the scientific talent pool. Findings related to the effectiveness of tutoring, career counseling, exposure to research and to role models, and after school programs reinforce the importance of prerequisites for increasing minority…

Assesses the effects of a one-day inservice program for junior high school science teachers emphasizing an activity-oriented science curriculum and management strategies necessary for such a curriculum. Results indicate inservice positively affects teacher attitudes toward strategies and student achievement in science. (DS)