The purpose of this study was to determine the status of the general biology course as an area of instruction in the junior colleges of Alabama. Three frames of reference with regard to personnel, facilities, and curriculum were used in the study. The data were collected by reviewing the literature available on the topic and a questionnaire…

Relationships between student characteristics (academic as well as personal) and student changes were investigated. Student changes were measured by growth scores with the following four criterion measures: Test on Understanding Science; Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal; A Scale to Measure Attitude Towards Any School Subject; and Student…

This monograph presents information about environmental programs in 13 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada. The programs presented range in size from modest to total institution-wide commitments. They vary from doctoral programs to associate degrees. The programs were selected as representative of successful…

Documented is the first twelve-year history (1954-1965) of National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Institute Programs to improve secondary school science and mathematics teaching. Traces development of institutes from model activities supported by private industry, through the fiscal and philosophical base for federal support to secondary…

Reported is the second phase of the development of a two-year college core science course for science majors. Materials were combined from introductory college courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. A revised lecture and laboratory syllabus was prepared incorporating improvements suggested after a pilot study of the first year course.…

The focus of this conference was analyzing the impact of curricular innovations upon science teacher education. Included are a number of papers presented at the conference. The science and mathematics inservice programs in Kansas, particularly the Introductory Physical Science Program, are discussed. The Science In-Service Project at the…

The purposes of this study were: to determine the degree to which student attitudes were changed by the use of minicourses and to produce a model which could be used by other academic departments interested in the use of minicourses. The study included 240 students in four sections of Earth Science at the University of Northern Colorado. Each…

The report covers the activities of the Indian Science Improvement Project during the calendar year 1970. The major emphasis is on curriculum development activities. Topics covered include elementary and secondary school science programs, traveling science workshop, college science improvement program, special college/university program, technical…

This volume replaces and updates a prior publication (January 1973) of unpublished evaluation instruments in science education. The six chapters of the publication describe instruments classified into: (1) those assessing student achievement in knowledge and understanding of science facts, principles, and concepts (grouped according to science…

A review of some recent educational and research activities is presented in this publication. Major articles compiled in this review include: An Innovative Approach to Laboratory Instruction; An Evaluation of the Mastery Strategy for General Biology Students, Food Science as a General Education Course in Biological Science; The Phase Achievement…

A review of 132 research documents is presented for the purpose of describing and categorizing research and development in science instruction on the college level. The documents are limited to publications, dissertation abstracts, and abstracted research and development reports, primarily appearing during 1968-69. Descriptions are made concerning…

In this third volume of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) series on "New Trends in Chemistry Teaching," a total of 29 papers originally published during the period from 1969 to 1971 in leading chemistry-teaching periodicals of the world is compiled for the purpose of promoting information exchange. The…

This project was based upon the need to develop a science curriculum program specifically designed for elementary education students. A program of classroom and field operations in life sciences, designed to provide minimum preparation for a prospective teacher on a self-contained classroom was developed. It portrayed life science as a "doing"…

As the first lesson of the Articulated Multimedia Physics Course, instructional materials are presented in this study guide with relation to measurement and unit systems. An introduction is given for the realm of mechanics. The subject content is provided in scrambled form, and the use of matrix transparencies is required for students to control…

As the second lesson of the Articulated Multimedia Physics Course, instructional materials are presented in this study guide with relation to significant figures and powers of ten. An introductory description is given for precise measurement and numbers in scientific notation. The subject content is provided in scrambled form, and the use of…