Reported is a study of the effects of using the counterintuitive event in science teaching on subject-matter achievement and subject-matter retention of upper-elementary school students. Two separate units of instruction based on the demonstration-discussion method were designed for the study. A unit of instruction was designed for the control…

The effectiveness of a televised science series used in the Seattle metropolitan area was investigated, using factorial design to provide a treatment variable representing four degrees of utilization of TV science and non-TV science. Teachers and their intact classes were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: TV science only, plus…

This resource guide is designed for use by teachers. Units are included on the energy crisis, environmental awareness, and decision making concerning shrinking energy resources. Both short-term and long-term problems and alternatives are discussed. Group and individual activities are suggested. Charts and graphs, suitable for making…

Measurements in this study were made on objectives in four domains: affective, cognitive, performance, and consequences to determine the effects of learning site on selected teacher training variables. Fifty-nine junior interns were randomly assigned to two experimental groups: Group A, which was field-based, and Group B, which was…

Reported is a study to measure the degree to which children have developed an understanding of basic physics. The instruments contained items in a multiple choice format with a stem picture depicting an actual happening and three choice pictures, one of which was true in relationship to the stem. Items for the test were drawn from basic science…

The examiner explored the relative effectiveness of multi-media presentations for introducing science lessons to fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students. The major design variables were the pattern of sequencing used to display the visual content and the quality of voice selected. Four slide-tapes were prepared. Either a traditional or…

This is level two in a series of eight study guides in the field of environmental education. Intended for the middle elementary grades, this guide stresses awareness and interrelatedness of living things, their needs, meeting these needs, and man's moral responsibility. Through many suggested activities, students are helped to gain an…

This series of activity units was written especially for elementary school teachers in Massachusetts. The material is divided into units--glaciation, topographic maps, parts of a flower, wildflowers, bog ecology, insects, freshwater flora, and marine ecology--many of which would be of interest to teachers in other locales. An annotated…

Reported is a study to ascertain the status of science education and to identify ways in which the educational department of the synod could aid in the development of these science programs. There were 47 schools in the study enrolling 7,809 students. Questionnaires were used to gather data from teachers of sciences, grades three through eight, as…

Reported is a study to compare the effectiveness of three methods of instruction on science concept achievement, attitude toward science, and time to complete the unit of study. Self-directed independent study, self-directed group study and a combination of the two were used as methods of instruction for 52 students at the fifth grade level in a…

Reported is a study to determine differences between selected elementary Index, Revised Inquiry Index, percentage of class time spent in pupil experiment Index, Revised Inquiry Index, percentage of class time spend in pupil experiment and time spent in reading and/or extended viewing activities. Audio-tape recordings were made using materials from…

This report describes the use of "invention workshops" in the elementary science program to stimulate the creative potential of children and to involve the child in divergent thought proceses. The workshops begin with an interest-getting experience focusing attention on a project open to unlimited creative interpretation; the most effective…

Reported is a study of the relationship between ability to perform selected Piagetian tasks and achievement in various content areas. Sixty fifth-grade students were administered the Science Research Associates Achievement Series to assess grade-level category. Also, each child was administered one or more Piagetian tasks selected to determine…

Reported is a study of relationships between teacher-pupil verbal interaction and pupil achievement in science inquiry skills among ten suburban fourth grade teachers and their heterogeneously grouped classes. Flanders' Interaction Analysis was used to code each taped lesson. Teacher-pupil talk in the small and total class group situations was…

Reported is a study to determine by comparison the effects of the following teaching strategies: (1) statements of science concepts by a teacher verbalized either initially in the lesson presentation or in a final summary statement, (2) final summary statements of science concepts verbalized by either teachers or pupils, and (3) statements of…