A STUDY WAS INITIATED IN 12 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FILMED CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS COURSES. CONTROL VARIABLES WERE USED TO INSURE COMPARABILITY OF EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS. ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, AND ATTITUDE SERVED AS THE STANDARDS BY WHICH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FILMED COURSES WERE JUDGED. BOTH GROUPS WERE…

This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. FFORM is a portable format-free input subroutine package written in ANSI Fortran IV…

This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. PLOT3D is a subroutine package which generates a variety of three-dimensional hidden…

This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. PLOT3D is a subroutine package which generates a variety of three dimensional hidden…

This module is part of a series on Physical Processes in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. The materials were designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process.…

Designed to accompany the student text on respiration, this manual presents instructions on the use of laboratory equipment and presents various experiments dealing with the concepts presented in the text. Thirty-nine laboratory activities are described. Laboratory activities are divided into several parts, each part covering a specific experiment…

This document discusses the relation between adolescents' expertise (their informational background, which can be accurate or inaccurate, about a particular task or subject) and their formal operational reasoning, and reports the results of three studies of the effects of children's expertise on reasoning. In Study I, adolescents from a rural…

THIS IS AN OUTLINE OF PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN DEVELOPING EXHIBITS SUITABLE AS AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES AND AS DEMONSTRATION DEVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS. THE 27 TEACHING EXHIBITS WERE DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND CONCEPTS AND PERFORM EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGY. SOME OF THE EXHIBITS EMPLOYED…

REPORTED ARE TWO STUDIES OF THE NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER. IN ONE STUDY DATA ON WORKSHOPS TO ACQUAINT HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHERS WITH NEW SCIENCE CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE REPORTED. THE WORKSHOPS WERE HELD AT 23 AREA MEETINGS AND ATTENDED BY 755 HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS DURING THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR. THE WORKSHOPS…

Compared were inductive and deductive sequencing of stimulus material to produce two single concept films. The concept developed was "The longer the pendulum's arm, the more slowly the pendulum swings." Each film contained the same number of identical scenes; only the sequencing of their order of presentation was altered to provide the two…

This publication is the sixth in a series of papers on global environmental issues. This paper evaluates the future of nuclear power, subjecting it to several tests: (1) economics; (2) safety; (3) adequacy of fuel supplies; (4) environmental impact; and (5) both national and international security. Section headings include: (1) The nuclear fuel…

The Instructional Strategy Diagnostic Profile (ISDP) was designed to enable instructional developers and evaluators to predict the effectiveness of, and prescribe improvements for existing instructional materials. Experimental studies were conducted in introductory college statistics and physics classes to validate the ISDP and its accompanying…

The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to answer the question of which abilities, from a selected set of 12 abilities from the structure-of-intellect model of Guilford, were related to achievement in Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics, and, second, to determine how the physics achievement prediction properties of these…

The purpose of the teacher's guide is to acquaint ninth grade students with the areas of physical science and the possible occupations within those areas. By exploring some of the basic concepts of chemistry, physics, metallurgy, and geology, students gain insight into the knowledge and skill required by those in occupations related to these…

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to assess the creativity of a student through the products he creates. The instrument was called the Judging Criteria Instrument (JCI). This instrument was administered to 33 general physics students. Multiple criteria of teacher judgment scores and Torrance Tests of Creative…