Developed by experienced migrant education teachers incorporating Sight and Sound Program concepts, this volume presents predrafted individual short-term Plan/Records for secondary level chemistry, biology, and physics, plus step-by-step directions for their use by Oregon resource teachers, classroom teachers, and aides. The approach assumes that…

Prepared for the National Science Foundation (NSF), this report summarizes the development and work of the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) project from 1972 to 1979. One hundred activities for ten- to fifteen-year-olds in community groups (scouts, clubs, camps, churches, etc.) were developed, field tested, revised, and made…

A collection of working papers from the course design process of two education courses is presented with attention focused on the category systems employed to set out course objectives and methods. The two studies illustrate the use of a grid to establish the relationships between various course objectives. The first collection of papers is based…

Part of a series of home literacy readers with conversational text and sketches, this booklet addresses water safety in the Alaskan summer environment. Alaskan villages are generally located near slough, creek, lake or ocean. At the end of winter, the ice floes go out, and where there was snow there is water. Summer activities include use of…

COMPARED WERE TWO TEACHING METHODS, LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION AND INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION, IN TEACHING A SCIENCE METHODS COURSE FOR PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. COMPARISONS WERE MADE REGARDING (1) CONFIDENCE TOWARD TEACHING SCIENCE, (2) ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE, (3) ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE, AND (4) STUDENT TEACHING BEHAVIORS IN SCIENCE. THE…

Early career experiences of a sample of 233 University of Washington doctorates were studied. Doctorates were initially grouped into seven degree areas (physical science, biological science, social science, humanities, education, engineering, and other). As hypothesized, significant differences were found between the genders in their distribution…

The paper describes a research project to determine fertility-related family decision making processes. Fertility-related decisions are interpreted as all ultimate choices made by spouses concerning the number and spacing of children they will have. Specifically, the research investigated how factors such as the desire for more or less egalitarian…

Project COULD (Career Orientation Utilizing Language Development) was developed as a means of building skills, knowledges, and attitudes on elementary children's previously acquired backgrounds. Children learn to speak the grammar and vocabulary characteristic of the language heard most frequently at home and in the immediate environment. A series…

Computer assisted instruction (CAI) in Biology and Developmental Reading was administered at two junior high schools and two senior high schools in Philadelphia. The achievement of the students in CAI was compared with comparable students in traditionally instructed classes. The results of the standardized tests were equivocal. In Reading, the CAI…

Presents results of a program to evaluate effectiveness of the dissemination of curriculum enrichment materials developed as part of Ohio Sea Grant in 1977. This 1980 Evaluation measured attitudes and knowledge of randomly selected schools' fifth- to ninth-grade students. A similar survey begun in September 1983 continues the evaluation process.…

This "Fastback" focuses on avoiding boredom in schools. Following an introduction that explains the importance of teachers breathing life into subject matter, the booklet includes five sections. Section one, "The Nature of Boredom," defines boredom and explains that both teachers and students are responsible for beating…

This document, which lists the biotechnology competencies identified by representatives from biotechnology businesses and industries as well as secondary and post-secondary educators throughout Ohio, is intended to assist individuals and organizations in developing college tech prep programs that will prepare students from secondary through…

The committee on science of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education has carried on its work by means of discussions, correspondence, and formulation of preliminary reports for over seven years. The discussion of preliminary reports by groups, committees, and at meetings of science teachers has revealed progressive work already…

This study evaluated whether the addition of a writing section to the SAT Reasoning Test™ (referred to as the SAT® in this study) would impact test-taker performance because of fatigue caused by increased test length. The study also investigated test-takers' subjective feelings of fatigue. Ninety-seven test-takers were randomly assigned to three…

A study of 114 full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty of history, psychology, mathematics, and biology investigated the relationship between scholarly productivity and 4 norms of teaching. It was found that faculty recognize and acknowledge norms that support teaching, while simultaneously participating in expected research activities. In…