Despite widespread recognition among policy makers, educational leaders, and the nation as a whole of the importance of science, engineering, and technology as drivers of the future of the country and society, the science achievement of America's students is mediocre at best, in comparison to that of international peers. On the 2012 PISA tests in…

Reports the results of a study designed to determine if the values and practices of science teachers and science graduates studying for a diploma in education are congruent with the values upon which the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) materials are based. (JR)

Reports the results of a study designed to determine the attitudes of Northern Ireland students toward the Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP). (JR)

Reports some of the more significant generalized findings that have emerged from an evaluation of the Nuffield O-Level biology course materials and their use in secondary schools. (JR)

Compares the A-level (advanced) science grades of pupils who took Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) examination at O-level (ordinary level) with pupils who took three separate science courses at O-level. Concludes that only in A-level chemistry is there any significant differences with the non-SCISP pupils doing slightly better.…

Reports the results of a survey designed to determine teachersO reactions to the Time, Space and Matter Program, an interdisciplinary secondary school science program which covers such fields as geology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and mathematics. (JR)

It was the purpose of this study to determine the status of physics teaching in Montana secondary public schools in 1972-73. The results of the investigation were compared to earlier studies to determine the progress that had been made in physics since 1959. The study concentrated on teaching objectives and such external factors as enrollment in…

The investigator, after surveying 70 leading teaching institutions throughout the United States and concluding that there were no environmental science education programs that were both inter- and intra-disciplinary in approach to preparing teachers to teach environmental education at the secondary level, developed such a program. Using a course…

Reports the results of surveys of teacher education institutions and state departments of education designed to ascertain trends in environmental education. Results are somewhat inconclusive, however, there appears to be a trend toward more colleges offering courses in environmental science and toward better financing of environmental education…

This study provides a description of personal and professional characteristics of secondary school science teachers who have participated in an Academic Year Institute (AYI) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Pre-institute participant characteristics were determined from application forms, while the post-institute…

Investigated were factors affecting student choice of academic orientations in science in secondary schools of Israel. Selection of a physical science stream of course work was found to be related to socioeconomic background. (SL)

Presented is the final report of the University of the Philippines evaluation of the summer science institutes and the implementation of science courses in secondary schools as components of the Science Education Project of the Philippines (SEPP). This evaluation of the SEPP science curriculum improvement project sought to assess student learning…

Cognitive preferences of 177 able, science-oriented high school students who participated in a secondary science training program at the University of Iowa in the summer were studied. A Biology Cognitive Preference Test (BCPT) was administered, in which 20 items required ranking and 20 items required rating on a four-point scale. The items were…

Investigated were operative comprehension differences between 239 sixth and eighth grade pupils in activity oriented science programs and 249 students in a textbook oriented science program. Results indicated no differences among sixth graders, but activity oriented eighth graders scored higher than textbook oriented students. (SL)

This survey of K-12 science education in Iowa presents descriptive statistics in the following areas: (1) organization of the K-12 educational systems - including a description of the school districts and governing systems; (2) teacher education and certification - including a survey of science teachers in Iowa and teacher preparation…