The first volume of a two-volume final report provides a thorough description of the rationale, development, content, and materials in the ISCS project. Chapter one examines the rationale for the project and the developmental procedures used, including underlying assumptions about junior high schools, students and teachers, and reviews the general…

Discusses the content and structure of the secondary school science program "Time, Space and Matter," and responds to an earlier criticism of the program published in this journal. (JR)

THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS INCLUDES--(1) CONCEPTS, (2) UNDERSTANDINGS, (3) ACTIVITIES, (4) REFERENCES, (5) AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, (6) EQUIPMENT, AND (7) REQUIRED SUPPLIES. THE COURSE CONTENT IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT MAJOR TOPICS--(1) FUNDAMENTALS, (2) MECHANICS, (3) HEAT, (4) SOUND, (5) LIGHT, (6) ELECTRICITY, (7) SPACE, TIME, AND MOTION,…

Determined were the kinds of physics study items used, and the emphasis placed per item, by both the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) teachers and the teachers of traditional physics materials in the state of Nebraska. A questionnaire was sent to teachers from the largest 100 schools, ranked by total enrollment, and to fifty other teachers…

The CHEM Study literature reviewed consists of (1) the "subjective" literature, as evidenced by project newsletters, position papers, and open sources and (2) the "objective" literature, which consists of research studies related to CHEM Study. The "subjective" literature provides many suggestions regarding the use of…

Provides brief descriptions of the objectives, content, and curriculum materials of 14 science course improvement projects currently in use in elementary and secondary schools. An analysis of the trends in science education is included. (LC)

Describes some of the conceptual, measurement, and methodological problems associated with evaluating science curricula in terms of their impact on students' content-free cognitive outcomes. A study of the effects of including ASEP (Australian Science Education Project) materials into a seventh-grade program revealed several significant…

The author discusses the activities and goals of advocates of creation science as these persons and groups work to bring about the teaching of creationism in high school science courses in which evolution is taught. It is the author's belief that the anti-evolutionism movement was stimulated by the science curriculum improvement activities of the…

This teacher's guide was designed for use in a course developed by The Science in Society Project. The aims of the project, course description and content, and suggestions for introducing the course are included in a general introduction. Objectives, content, commentary on supplementary reading materials developed specifically for the course,…