Paper presented at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., December 1967.

The results of a curriculum evaluation can be used in inservice sessions as a focal point for decision-making by classroom teachers. Among the questions that may be asked during a curriculum evaluation are: (1) How well do students achieve the stated objectives of the curriculum?; and (2) At what points in the instructional sequence does…

This study examined the nature of sex-related differences in spatial ability. Results indicated that sex-related cognitive differences are concentrated among subjects having poor spatial ability. Suggestions for remedial education of females and males are given. (MK)

This issue, number 41 in the series, is divided into the sections of: (1) British science activities, and (2) overseas and international activities. Presented in a newsletter format, numerous topics of interest to secondary school science and mathematics educators pertaining to British education are presented. Items concerning the Nuffield-Chelsea…

Instructions accompanied by illustrations for building a low-cost demonstration spectroscope are presented. Materials and tools are pictured and labeled. Cost is estimated at five dollars (in 1980) and twelve hours of work are required to build the spectroscope. (SA)

This report presents the findings of a statewide census of basic science curriculum data in the state of Illinois. This census, conducted in 1977, was designed to produce normative data relative to science course offerings, enrollments, and curricular activities in Illinois public secondary schools and to establish a data base on secondary school…