Reports results of questionnaire sent to 156 junior and senior high teachers (with 56 percent return) who participated in N.S.F. Earth Science Institutes. Tabulates data for regional areas of the United States related to earth science enrollment, grade levels, laboratory courses, field trips, advanced courses, and student interests. Teachers like…

Describes some characteristics of teachers that were significantly correlated with observed changes in students' achievement of some PSSC objectives in Victorian schools. (AL)

Discusses the current concern about nuclear war, suggesting reasons for that concern and what implications may follow for science teachers. Offers resources for those who want to increase their understanding of the issue and the technology that underlies it. (Author/JN)

Reviews conjectures that were presented when the Fellows of the early Royal Society of London, founded in 1662, carried out investigations into the origins of life. (Author/MKR)

Students' normative perceptions of the nature of Science and their worldviews on the relevance of Science in pragmatic everyday contexts influence their keenness in wanting to learn Science and develop scientific mindsets. The chief goal of the research study delineated in this paper was to examine patterns of commonalities and variations in the…

The National Research Council's "National Science Education Standards" call for science education to be "developmentally appropriate, interesting, and relevant to students' lives, emphasize student understanding through inquiry, and be connected with other school subjects." This description captures the three major trends in science education…

Recent neuropsychological research suggests that intuition and emotion play a role in our reasoning when we are confronted with moral dilemmas. Incorporating intuition and emotion into moral reflection is a rather new idea in the educational world, where rational reasoning is preferred. To develop a teaching and learning strategy to address this…

This article evaluates three online educational resources on the Queensland Museum website in terms of their use of ICTs in science education; how they relate to the Queensland Middle School Science Curriculum and the Senior Biology, Marine Studies, Science 21 syllabuses; their visual appeal and level of student engagement; the appropriateness of…

The case for chemistry instruction based on worked examples is presented, using a contemporary model of human learning. We begin by detailing human cognitive architecture and outlining the Interactive Compensatory Model of Learning (ICML). Through the ICML, the role of motivation, deliberate practice and feedback are detailed as key variables in…

Although the body of research that presents the stories of Black teachers is increasing and contributing to a more accurate portrait of their knowledge and practices, few of these studies provide portraits of Black teachers as content-specific experts. Using narrative research methods, this study reports findings of three Black secondary science…

The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention--Quality English and Science Teaching (QuEST)--designed to develop the science knowledge and academic language of middle grades English language learners studying science in their second language and their English-proficient classmates. Ten sixth-grade science teachers in 5…