The paper related what has been accomplished during the past six years in the development of IPI Science at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. There have been three major accomplishments: (1) Goals for the program have been established, (2) The serious problems that face a group of curriculum developers…

Determined was the effectiveness of integrating industrial arts activities with the teaching of science in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Lessons plans and a list of related industrial arts activities were developed to enhance student achievement in the areas of electricity and machines by integrating related industrial arts activities with…

Described are the technology process skills introduced to preservice elementary teachers at Utah State University. Included is an outline of a process used to achieve a constructive attitude toward technology. (KR)

A 4-year program of naturalistic research on science teaching and learning was conducted in Australia. This program comprised a project entitled Teaching and Learning Science in Schools (TLSS), which ran from 1987-89, and a year of follow-up studies in which some of the major findings from the project were explored further. Participants included 5…

This book consists of 18 selected papers that focus on the broad topic of the educational process. All the papers were originally presented at the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Australian College of Education, which was held in May 1973. Titles of the papers include "The Educational Process: The Raw Material,""Towards a…