This is a curriculum guide for the preliminary edition of Volume III-B of Science For Georgia Schools, Junior High Earth Science. The course of study is designed for the eighth grade and includes selected topics from astronomy, meteorology, geology, oceanography, physical geography, and space travel. Topics are grouped under five units called (1)…

The experiment was designed to study the effects of an instructional strategy on prospective elementary school teachers receiving a course in the modern concepts of physics. The study involved two classes, both of which were taught with the same teaching method. The concepts presented were different. Those considered as traditional content…

The research reported was associated with an early stage of developing a subunit of a curriculum within the framework of the Audio-Tutorial (A-T) Elementary Science Project at Cornell University. The research consisted of two parts: the development of an instructional unit for second-grade pupils and the formative evaluation associated with it.…

Semiotic research increasingly reveals the basic importance of structure at all levels of genetic, linguistic, and social process. The paradox that structure not only liberates but also imprisons has been familiar to members of many different cultures, and the search for personal release in transcendent states of feeling contrapuntally illuminates…

This study was undertaken to determine the degree of agreement between science textbooks and scholars in earth science relative to earth science concepts to be included in the K-12 science curriculum. The study consisted of two phases: (1) the identification of a sample of earth science concepts rated by earth scientists as important for inclusion…

The mastery of a concept is quite important in learning science. In classroom situations, it is difficult to assess if students have attained mastery in the absence of some systematic evaluation of their understanding of the concept. With this in view, a scheme of concept analysis was developed in science and test items were written for each…

Three visual media--sequential still photographs, slides, and motion pictures--were investigated to discover how effectively each of the three help to convey concepts involving time, space, and motion. A total of 594 subjects were selected from an introductory independent-study course in botany and randomly assigned to one of the three…

An interpretative summary is given of educational research that has implications for college science education. The research topics include: behavioral objectives, individualized instruction, mastery learning, expository versus discovery learning, Piaget and formal thought, and proportional thinking. Specific examples taken from college-level…

This booklet is designed to supplement the study of introductory chemistry. It deals particularly with the mole concept but also includes ideas for analyzing the kinds of statements that appear in all science textbooks and scientific writing. The material in the booklet should be studied after the completion of an introductory textbook study of…

Analyzes the concept "growth" by investigating the logic core of the concept, using systems theory, and testing it employing free definitions. Determines the associative framework using free association tests. Shows that a shift takes place in the logic core and in the associative framework from a growth in terms of geometric dimension towards a…

A two-part animism questionnaire was adminstered to 200 female undergraduates with extensive backgrounds in science. When students classified objects as "living" or "nonliving," 67 percent gave evidence of animistic thought. Yet when subjects identified statements which reflected their own definition of living, 66 percent…

Justification of male dominance in society has been based frequently on findings in biobehavioral sciences, especially the science of animal groups. The natural and social sciences must be remade and forged in a dialectical understanding of social relations that is not based on domination. (Author/KR)

Describes a study investigating the use of class discussion following a period of unstructured observation and experimentation as a method of increasing the student's ability to view scientific problems as useful starting points for investigation. (SL)

This article is based on a study of educational goals in the State of Maryland. The authors identify different kinds of goals, the procedure used to validate the public education goals, findings of the study as related to science education and recommendations for action based on the findings. In particular, the goal "knowledge of scientific…

Provides an application of a direct group theory method to the determination of the number and symmetry of M-C-O groups. The method is explained and three illustrative examples are given. (MR)