In 1970 many Australian students, teachers, and schools participated in the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Science Project. The aim of the project was to measure the science achievement of students in Australia and 18 other countries, and to examine relationships between this achievement and various…

This paper reports comparisons between the science achievement of students in 19 countries based upon a survey conducted in 1970 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The mean level of achievement of the students in each participating country is examined in relation to both opportunity to learn the…

This unit of instruction includes nine laboratory experiments. All of the experiments are from the D.C. Health Revision of the Chemical Education Materials Study (CHEMS) with one exception. Program six is the lab from the original version of the CHEMS program. Each program consists of three parts (1) the lab and computer hints, (2) the description…

A nine-week prerequisite course for biology students is presented in this monograph. A course outline is presented to provide the student with some idea of the topics and activities that he will encounter. A suggested pretest is included in the monograph which covers 32 objectives. Three Learning Activity Packages are presented. Package A -…

This teachers' manual provides model classroom lessons in earth science. It is specially designed to be used with John C. Kraft's A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF DELAWARE'S COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. The lessons suggest an approach for using the guide in the science classroom and in field studies. The manual can be used as a complete unit, or individual…

This curricular guide focuses on life science and is designed for use with seventh grade students. Life science was chosen as the course of study based on the rationale that, as pupils enter junior high school, they are in early adolescence and find it difficult to understand themselves so that the study of living things with a thorough…

The authors of this curriculum supplement believe in a laboratory approach to chemistry and express the feeling that environmental chemistry provides the students an opportunity to apply theoretical chemistry to important practical problems. There are eighteen activities presented, each accompanied with behavioral objectives, one or more suggested…

Basic knowledge about Skylab experiments is presented in this book, one of a series, for the purpose of informing high school teachers about scientific research performed in orbit and enabling the teachers to broaden their basis for material selection. This fourth volume is concerned with experiments designed to improve man's understanding of…

This course guide is the fifth in a series dealing with chemistry. The course is specifically designed for students interested in taking the Advanced Placement Chemistry examination and thus is equivalent to a first year college general chemistry course. Included in the guide are performance objectives, visual aids, a course outline, a list of…

This science study aid, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, includes a series of plant rooting activities for secondary science classes. The material in the pamphlet is written for students and includes background information on plant hormones, a vocabulary list, and five learning activities. Objectives, needed materials, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of secondary science teachers toward inquiry teaching strategy and to identify characteristics common to teachers expressing favorable attitudes toward this concept. Two instruments were developed to conduct this study. The Inquiry Science Teaching Strategy (ISTS), a Likert-type summated…

Reported is a study representing a chronological history of selected objectives for the teaching of secondary school chemistry in the United States during the 1918-1972 period. Periodical literature was the primary source of materials reviewed, consisting of "School Science and Mathematics" (1918-1972), "Science Education" and "The General Science…

This publication contains a collection of research papers designed to be used as a supplement to the textbook in a high school biology class. The material can be used to enrich the curriculum by stimulating critical thinking and by making high school students aware of the ways in which scientists work. Some of the papers have been condensed or…

This publication contains information on the individualization of instruction in high school chemistry in the form of a case study. The subject of the case study is the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School of the University of Florida, Gainesville. The instructional model, however, was also field-tested in 18 schools during 1971-72 and 1972-73. The…

This study was an attempt to relate attitude, critical operation, terminal achievement and residual performance to the use of behavioral objectives while teaching a Basic Science I class. The vocational students who were the subjects of this study exhibited similar characteristics, having IQ's ranging from below 70 to 105 and reading levels from…