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View from My Classroom: Arousing Student Interest through Thirty-Five Years of Changes in Chemistry.

Sell, Duane, Ed.; And Others – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Presents one high school teacher's recollections and views of changing emphasis in high school chemistry classrooms from the late 1940s to the late 1970s. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Class Activities, Science Education, Science Education History
Reh, Frank – American Book Company, 1932
The "Science Related to Life" textbooks are written to supply the need of elementary science teachers with textbooks that can be used independently by pupils. Throughout the series the author has kept in mind the aims of elementary science, as recognized by modern courses of study, namely to develop in pupils an interest in the natural…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Water
Reh, Frank – American Book Company, 1932
"Science Related to Life" textbooks are written to supply the need of elementary science teachers for textbooks that can be used independently by pupils. Throughout the series the author has kept in mind the aims of elementary science, as recognized by modern courses of study, namely: (1) to develop in pupils an interest in the natural…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Textbooks, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers

Rowlinson, P. J. – Oxford Review of Education, 1983
Student interest in improving the quality of science teaching at Oxford University led to an active role for the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Students presented papers and organized lectures, demonstrations, and exhibitions to disseminate scientific knowledge. (IS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries