DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING A SERIES OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ARE PRESENTED. THE EXPERIMENTS CONCERN THE STUDY OF HEAT AND MOLECULAR MOTION, HEAT EXCHANGE IN A MIXTURE, SPECIFIC HEAT, HEAT AND SIZE, EXPANSION OF LIQUID, EXPANSION OF AIR, HEAT OF FUSION OF ICE, HEAT OF VAPORIZATION OF WATER, LIGHT AND SOUND, LAW OF REFLECTION, PLANE MIRROR IMAGES,…

AFTER AN EVALUATION MADE BY THE TEACHERS OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 6, THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF CLARIFICATION, REWRITING, OR ADDITIONS WERE INDICATED--THE PURPOSE AND USE OF THE SCIENCE GUIDE, EVALUATION OF THE UNITS BY GRADES, ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE UNITS, A REWRITING OF PARTICULAR UNITS, HEALTH UNITS FOR GRADES 1 THROUGH 5, THE USE OF…

IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES, MANY PUBLISHERS ARE NOW PRINTING PROGRAMED MATERIALS IN COMMUNICATIONS. TWENTY-TWO PROGRAMS IN SUCH SUBJECTS AS ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SPELLING IMPROVEMENT, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ARE REVIEWED. THE DISCUSSION…

Affective behaviors among 20 gifted students in day-to-day science classroom and laboratory situations were investigated. The course studied was developed at the University of Illinois with the support of the Illinois Demonstration Program for Gifted Children. Data were collected by direct observation, an interview, and a written test. Students…

Major considerations in planning and implementing curriculum changes in science education are presented in this handbook. Steps for building a general framework for curriculum planning are related to key questions which should be considered in applying this framework to an approach selected. Presented are characteristics of the major approaches to…

Described is a conceptual model for comparing, synthesizing, and evaluating present instructional strategies and for research and development of new instructional programs. The model is based on the assumption that instructor's behavior can be categorized according to observable characteristics and that these categories will be subsumed under the…

This paper (1) describes 4-year efforts of the Eastern Regional Institute for Education (ERIE) to promote use of various process-oriented curricula in over 50 New York State and Pennsylvania school districts; and (2) presents guidelines for curriculum installers based on documented successes and failures in participating schools. (Author/LLR)

This collection of papers is intended to provide a means for the exchange of information on hydrological techniques and for the coordination of research and data collection. The objectives and trends in hydrological education are presented. The International Hydrological Decade (IHD) Working Group on Education recommends a series of topics that…

This guide contains factual information about the status of science education in the public, private, and parochial schools of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The content reveals an organization of material, grades 6-12, arranged alphabetically by district. The items of information are letter-coded, and a list showing the letter-code and its…

A description of the course and the facilities for the course are given. The Course Log which lists the lectures, cruises, and other activities available to students is also given. The abstract or the paper of each students' individual research project has also been printed. The subjects of these projects range through all fields of earth science…

This monograph outlines the impact of competency-based teacher education (CBTE) on the science program for prospective elementary teachers at the University of Georgia and the conversion to a model which reflects CBTE philosophy. The introduction describes the general trend in science courses toward CBTE, starting with the establishment of a…

At the eighth Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems, the following speeches were given: (1) "Background for Recent Curriculum Developments" by Ralph W. Tyler; (2) "Recent Curriculum Developments in Mathematics" by Robert E. K. Rourke; (3) "Recent Curriculum Developments in Science" by Kenneth E. Davis; (4) "Changes in Measurement as a…

This study was conducted to obtain educational background information of secondary school students who take the College Board Chemistry Achievement Test. In 1965-66, data were gathered from 49,752 students who took the CEEB Chemistry Achievement Test. Questionnaires from 2,395 of these students were studied primarily for (1) the types of chemistry…

This handbook, compiled by the Oklahoma State Science Committee, presents the basic philosophy of a school science program. Curriculum models in the publication are taken from several elementary science course improvement projects. Program organization and evaluation, relationships of science to the total school program, preparation of elementary…

This document describes a grade 10-12 biology course designed to increase student interest by introducing topics in space biology including: the book "Andromeda Strain"; weightlessness; centrifuge; cosmic radiation; space research; origins of life; extraterrestrial life; and the Mars Viking Mission. (SL)