Outlines the intellectual developmental stages described by Piaget. Advocates that instructional strategies avoid introducing abstract concepts before students have experience with concrete phenomena. (GS)

In designing a course for environmentally aware citizens, the need for an understanding of basic ecological principles was identified and incorporated. Funds for this project were provided by an Environmental Education Act Grant that included tuition and books. Participant feedback indicated that the project was successful in clarifying…

Attempts to answer fundamental questions of being, time, space, existence, perception, and physical phenomena are presented. Mass, empty space, reality, gravitational attraction, continuity, discontinuity, and relativity are among the "things" and "nonthings" for which relationships and explanations are provided. A reality model is constructed of…

The paper presents data collected by an opinionnaire instrument during the fall of 1975 from people in Tennessee. Though the sample was not randomly selected, an effort was made to include persons from various (adult) age groups, sexes, occupations, and educational levels. The majority of the 404 who responded came from rural or small town…

Fifteen elementary schools (310 fourth-grade pupils) used in this study were classified as serving high, middle, or low social-economic groups on the basis of information from the city offices and the administration of the metropolitan school district participating in the study. The children in all of the schools used the same text and had the…

In this paper the author examines the question of whether evolution is a theory or a dogma. He refutes the contention that there is a monolithic scientific conspiracy to present evolution as dogma and suggests that his own presentation might be more appropriately entitled "Creationism: Theory or Dogma." (PEB)

Holography is a process which numbers among its many applications the creation of holograms--unique three dimensional photographs that show spatial relations and shifts just as they exist in reality. This book recounts the history of holography, tracing its development from Euclid's theory of light rays through Huygens' theory of wave motion to…

The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which children's science fiction reflected adult concern with technology and its impact on human values. Two instruments were designed. The first measured thematic analysis and consisted of six theme categories. The second measured content analysis and consisted of three value categories:…

After reviewing related literature and consulting with scientists and science educators, the investigator identified seven processes of science (observing, describing-communicating, predicting, inferring, factor identification, experimental analysis, and experimental design) and ten scientific conceptual schemes (matter-energy-forces, interaction,…

Discusses some aspects of the logical consistency of quantum physics and its relation to the usual definitions of reality. (MLH)

Writing poetry engages students' imagination and helps them to grasp and retain concepts. Using poetry writing to reinforce science concepts is described. A reproducible form to get students started is provided. (MT)

Examines issues regarding the defensibility and utility of natural selection as a scientific theory, focusing on the process of population change over time. Topics considered include criticisms of Darwinian theory, tautology and the meaning of fitness, the ability of theories to predict and explain, and the sufficiency of natural selection. (DH)

Presents a rhetorical criticism of Watson and Crick's "The Double Helix." (FL)

This document is a Chemistry 30 Grade 12 Diploma Examination from Alberta Education. It is a 2.5 hour closed-book examination consisting of 44 multiple-choice and 12 numerical-response questions of equal value worth 70% of the examination and two written-response questions of equal value worth 30% of the examination. The exam contains sets of…