The relative effectiveness of two methods of instruction for teaching 5th and 6th grade students to separate variables in science activities isinvest gated. Randomly selected students from a particular school were test d until 27 who were unable to separate variables had been identified. These students were randomly assigned to three groups.…

This unit and teacher's guide were prepared for use with primary grade children. The activities include the construction of a desert terrarium, the study of cacti, and the use of animal sort cards. A special section is devoted to the way parents can help with the unit. A detailed list of needed materials is provided in the guide. This work was…

The bulletin was prepared as a general guide to encourage the use of safe practices in science laboratories in Florida schools. The guide begins with an outline of recommended emergency procedures. Chapter I discusses the importance of safety in the science program. Chapter II discusses handling and storage of equipment, and designing laboratory…

Studied were the relationships between children's attainment of the concept of conservation of liquid and certain student characteristics. Student factors investigated were socio-economic background (high and low), status levels (conservers and non-conservers), verbal and non-verbal achievement, and science achievement. Classification of subjects…

This annotated bibliography, intended for elementary and secondary school teachers, their pupils, and general adult readers contains grade level coded lists of books, reference works, periodicals, and teaching aids dealing with astronomy and space flight subjects. The reading material is listed alphabetically by author. The teaching aids in Part…

This document provides a survey questionnaire for evaluation and description of classroom activities for science and science teaching in the elementary school. The instrument includes 72 items relating to teaching and learning. No data regarding the instrument are provided. (SL)

Each year since 1969, National Assessment has gathered information about levels of achievement. This report summarizes the National Assessment study of changes in science achievement for 9-year-olds, 13-year-olds, and 17-year-olds attending schools. Having assessed achievements in science twice, National Assessment can report information on the…

There is much concern at present among those engaged in science education in Papua New Guinea over the difficulties which students have with basic concepts and manipulations in science and mathematics--especially with ratio and proportion. Papua New Guinean students may have difficulty in science because the basic assumption that the world is…

This bi-annual publication appears as the result of efforts of the science and education sectors of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UNESCO Regional Office of Science and Technology for Africa, and the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. The newsletter provides a forum for the…

Presented is a group of writings concerned with education and the process of learning. These essays document the evolution in the thinking of one of America's most important educational philosophers. Many of the essays use science and mathematics as the starting point for an approach to the process of learning. One of the writings provides a…

Alaska is one of the most ideal settings for teaching science. In most of the rural areas, science materials are in abundance starting almost at the school's door steps to a distance as far as a person would like to go. Therefore, it is quite possible to develop science projects for all grades. Some of the projects can be done in the simplest ways…

This paper is an appraisal of the Colorado Elementary Science Project (CESP), a state-wide program to provide inservice education and assist school districts in the implementation of new elementary school science curricular programs. The University of Colorado and the Colorado State Department of Education cooperated in assisting school districts…

This guide provides a framework that may be used by local science curriculum developers to produce units of study, each representing a process of science applied to one of the conceptual schemes of science within one of the major categories of science. Examples of variants, (at ten levels of sophistication), of the 18 major concepts which result…

This paper reports a study of selected examples of verbal behavior patterns in primary grade classrooms during science activities. The subjects were 32 elementary teachers within five mid-Michigan public school districts. A control group of 16 teachers taught science in the conventional manner. The experimental group received an in-depth study of…

Described is an information package with information on six science programs suitable for use in elementary schools. The programs selected for inclusion in the information unit were Elementary Science Study, Inquiry Development Program, Minnesota Mathematics and Science Teaching Project, Science Curriculum Improvement Study, Conceptually Oriented…