Presented is one of a series of publications, Resources in Education, related to the Science Program of the Fairfax County Public Schools, 1974. A program description for K through 12 is presented to include the major goals of science education. A program description of each level is presented and Primary, Middle Elementary and Upper Elementary…

This document describes an empirical study on the patterns of teacher behavior and a comparison of student outcomes from two settings where different programs (types of curricula) were used. The two psychological positions identified within the curricula were stated to have been operationalized in the two programs developed for the elementary…

As appendices to the final report on Project Physics (SE 015 500), this volume includes parts of the original documents concerning the project development. Articles published in the "Physics Teacher" are included in reprint form. Evaluation and research papers along with related materials issued in other publications are grouped into…

The guidelines presented contain a minimum set of competencies which are considered imperative for all elementary science teachers. Objectives are stated to include the level of competency expected and include suggestions on how they may be achieved. Instructions for completing each competency are contained in the module. Three sections are…

This directory lists 127 School System Projects for 1975-76 assisted by grants from the National Science Foundation. These projects are directed at bringing about specified curriculum or course changes or improvements in designated classrooms through the direct cooperation of colleges and universities and school systems. Thumbnail descriptions of…

This paper outlines a set of procedures for designing a science program for students at the junior high school level. A flow chart provides an overview of the curriculum design, and brief notes are given to clarify the procedures to be taken at each stage on the chart. Programs designed in this manner should fit into a larger framework of science…

This unit, one of a series being developed for Australian secondary school science courses, consists of a teacher's guide, two student booklets, a test booklet, and a student workbook which also contains answers to questions raised in the student booklets, and a answer sheet containing comments on the answers to the questions in the test booklet.…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to provide children with experiences which involve both balanced and unbalnced conditions. The unit begins with some activities designed to increase the children's awareness of body balance. Later activities involve equal-arm…

This curriculum guide presents a 3-week science unit focusing on changes which occur in living things as a result of weather changes. This unit, the third in a series, is intended to review and extend the understandings, concepts, and skills which a child has developed previously. The major content objectives are to develop the child's awareness…

This study represents one of the first major summative evaluations of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), a federally funded, six-year elementary science program. An instrument was designed for measuring the effects of SCIS on the stated goal of the curriculum, the development of scientific literacy. Subjects were rural sixth-grade…

This textbook is the fourth in the official science series developed by the Ministry of Education in Saigon and used in all public schools in Vietnam. The books in this series have been reprinted in their entirety from the original editions for use in American schools with Vietnamese students. The grade four text contains the following chapters:…

This document presents the 1973-74 school year curriculum guide for the Dallas Independent School District for science and health education. Included are the rationale, program goals, overall program, course descriptions, and objectives for each grade K-12 for science education and health education. The program has eight program goals. Behavioral…

Evaluated were undergraduate college students in a basic physical science course. Students were instructed by a modular approach and a conventional lecture and discussion approach. No significant differences were found in content achievement or attitudes. (RH)

The author proposes methods and content for science instruction in the middle years and comments on teacher qualifications and pupil differences which need consideration. (SJL)

A flexible, transferable computer assisted instruction (CAI) system has been developed at the Twente University of Technology, Holland, for use in association with a first course in digital engineering. Written in APL, it is designed to be modular in nature, and thus easily extendible. (Author/CMV)