Evaluators with scientific expertise who analyzed the accuracy of popularized science news in mass circulation magazines found that the over-all accuracy of the magazine articles was good, and that the major problem was the omission of relevant information. (GW)

Discusses basic concepts of science, the role of creativity in scientific innovation, some misconceptions about science, and the nature of scientific discovery. (SL)

University students' understanding of the laws of matter conservation, weight conservation, gravity and the functioning of levers were examined before, during, and after a traditional weight conservation task in which a surreptitious deception caused the pan balance scale not to balance. (Author/JMB)

Outlines the purposes and the procedures involved in writing an analysis of a scientific/technical magazine. (JM)

Discusses various aspects of fly casting to illuminate the physics of fishing. They include examining whether the bending of the rod propels the fly as a bow propels an arrow and determining how an angler resists the pull of a hooked fish while reeling it in. (JN)

Critiques Pinder and Bourgeois ("Administrative Science Quarterly," 27) on their view that use of metaphors in administrative science is misleading and counterproductive. Author argues that metaphor is unavoidable in scientific prose and holds creative potential for developing a scientific approach to administration. (JW)

Vygotsky posed a variety of meaningful ideas for education in his short life. This paper focuses on everyday concepts and mathematical concepts or scientific concepts from his theory, reorganizing these ideas according to a new idea of sublated concepts. Using a series of interviews from a third grade fraction class in Japan, the paper discusses…

As follow-up to a previous article "Avoid Misconceptions When Teaching about Plants," the author identifies fifty additional misconceptions. Undergeneralizations are added to the list of oversimplifications, obsolete concepts, terms, misidentifications, and flawed research. A glossary at the end of the article compares words used in botany with…

Seven questions regarding chemical reactions and concepts are raised and answers are provided. (DF)

Collection of two short descriptions of chemical principles seen in life situations: the autocatalytic reaction seen in the bombardier beetle, and molecular potential energy used for quick roasting of beef. Brief reference is also made to methanol lighters. (PS)

Discusses the various views on Galileo's demonstration of free fall. Cites several historians' accounts of early free fall experiments and Galileo's contributions to knowledge in this area. (TS)

Analyzes student responses to an examination question requiring an understanding of the principles of genetic coding and suggests reasons for the misconceptions revealed. (AL)

The change in man's conception of the world, and particularly the problem of motion, is reflected in the changing images used by the poets who lived through the scientific revolution. (Author/TS)

This paper analyzes the formation of a new scientific discipline with regard to the intellectual and social activities of scientists in such development. (HS)