This is one of several papers issued in cooperation with the National Association for Research in Science Teaching to analyze and synthesize research related to the teaching and learning of science completed over a two-year period. The research reviewed is grouped according to the standard categories used by the ERIC Science and Mathematics…

Investigated were the effects of increased time allotments, and of the teacher's preference for a particular time allotment, on fourth grade students' achievement in and attitudes to science. The sample involved 324 students from 16 classrooms. Students were randomly assigned to classes, and teachers to the control (minimum time, averaging 20…

Thirty-one cerebral palsied children at the third grade level were taught a science unit on weather and climate. An experimental group (randomly assigned) received instruction via closed circuit television and earphones, and the control group viewed and heard the instructor directly. A microphone in front of each child in the experimental group…

Phase 2 of Project IN-STEP was conducted to revise, refine, and conduct further field testing of a new inservice teacher education model. The method developed (in Phase 1--see ED 003 905 for report) is an individualized, multi-media approach. Revision activities, based on feedback provided for Phase 1, include the remaking of six videotape…

The impact of feedback and the effect of practice with either children or with peers on student teacher's attainment of specific teaching competencies were examined. The specific competencies were identified as maintaining teacher-pupil interaction, developing teacher-pupil repport, pacing the lesson, clarity of presentation, and the use of…

Investigated were the proportions of concept types used by fourth through ninth graders to explain scientific terms. Data were collected and analyzed to relate the types of concepts used by students in their explanations to the variables of sex, grade level, and intelligence. An analysis of the types of concepts used by groups of students to…

This curriculum guide was developed by the Alaska State Department of Education for the purpose of aiding elementary and secondary school teachers in incorporating elements of aerospace science in the classroom. The section of the guide designed for elementary school teachers includes chapters under the headings: Aircraft, Airports, Weather,…

This publication contains descriptions of space science activities that can be conducted with simple equipment. There are activities suitable for both elementary and secondary school children. Activities are placed under the headings: Astronomy, Atmosphere, Universal Gravitation, Aerodynamics, Guidance and Propulsion, Tracking and Communications,…

The purpose of this study was to develop tests items with a minimum reading demand for use with pupils at grade levels two through six. An item was judged to be acceptable if the item satisfied at least four of six criteria. Approximately 250 students in grades 2-6 participated in the study. Half of the students were given instruction to develop…

By using this instructional module the participants should be able to: (1) predict the behavior of two magnets prior to their being placed close to each other; (2) identify and describe the magnetic forces acting on a bar magnet that is free to rotate; (3) demonstrate a method for determining the lines of force in a magnetic field; (4) identify…

This manual is intended for use with the PINE (Projects in Imaginative Nature Education) discovery box in elementary school conservation education. The box contains 21 natural specimens which can serve as the starting point for simple student investigations. Specimens and activities are keyed for grade level. For each item, background information…

Aimed at elementary school science teachers, this presentation has as its major focus the idea that science teaching should make sense. Language used in verbal communication should be precise, experiences provided for children should be logically related and geared to the child's level of cognitive development, and the materials used should…

Reported is a project designed to correlate six units of study from the Philadelphia Elementary Science Guide and to incorporate them in such a way as to reduce the suggested 32 weeks of teaching time, for the individual units, to 10 weeks for all 6 units. This was necessitated by an interruption of the school year by a teachers' strike. Three…

This unit of instruction for grades 4-6 is one of a series of curriculum units referred to as the Interdisciplinary Unit. Its purpose is to allow the individual teacher to expose the students to many experiences, ideas, and applications based on their environment (Kentucky). Each lesson is built on two basic concepts, each to balance the other.…

Presented is a teacher's guide to an elementary science unit designed for use with fourth grade, or higher, students in the Trust Territory of Micronesia. Although there is a degree of similarity to curriculum materials developed for the Science Curriculum Improvement Study, this Micronesian unit does not purport to be an adaption or edition of…