Reported is a study demonstrating the effects of acknowledgment of success as related to self-concept, problem solving behavior, or science concept development of seventh-grade students. Forty-nine students were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (those who received acknowledgment of successful autonomous discovery) or the control…

Investigated were three questions related to the relationship between a science teacher's attitude regarding the use of a newer science program, in this instance the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS): (1) Could the Projective Tests of Attitudes, originally designed for fifth-grade students, be modified for use with adults? (2) Is there a…

Reported is a study which formed part of the development of a conceptually oriented curriculum in elementary science. A new approach to the introduction of concepts of energy was presented at the second grade level (three second-grade classrooms). A sequence of five lessons, in audiotutorial format, covering energy concepts selected, were…

Reported is a study to determine any positive effects of a six-month inservice science program for elementary teachers and students. The study population consisted of 12 first- through sixth-grade teachers and their 313 pupils. Change in attitudes and practices of teachers was measured by comparing pre- and posttest scores on the Actual Science…

This project was based upon the need to develop a science curriculum program specifically designed for elementary education students. A program of classroom and field operations in life sciences, designed to provide minimum preparation for a prospective teacher on a self-contained classroom was developed. It portrayed life science as a "doing"…

The Paired School Science Project (PSSP) conducted between public and parochial schools was evaluated over a period from 1968-71. A pilot program was carried out among fifth and sixth grade students of 30 schools in the 1967-68 school year. During the study period, these classes of the paired schools were bused to the Franklin Institute for…

This study compared the effects of two specific post-laboratory discussion strategies in science on the development of the four cognitive skills of observation, inference, verification and classification. The two strategies were: (1) teacher-dominated, in the form of organized lectures based on the data students had collected; and (2)…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to provide children with experiences which involve both balanced and unbalnced conditions. The unit begins with some activities designed to increase the children's awareness of body balance. Later activities involve equal-arm…

Reported is an experiment on instructional episodes organized around the planetary atomic model. The study involved 236 children of eight self-contained classes, four of which were reference classes in each of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. The purpose was to investigate the feasibility of presenting these activities within a cognitive hierarchy…

The study describes the effectiveness of teaching as prescribed by the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) program compared to an audio-tutorial approach at the fourth grade level. The experimental group covered the COPES content but with audio-tutorial materials prepared by the investigator. No significant differences were…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Material Objects Unit of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on the cognitive operations and academic achievement of elementary school children. The Material Objects Unit was designed to give experiences and explorations in the mental operations of classification,…

This is the annual report of the activities of Israel Science Teaching Centre for 1971-1972. The contents of the report include reports of meetings and activities undertaken in various projects in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, and the junior school program. Some major activities of different projects include inservice…

Some 111 documents and 80 journal articles published between 1965 and 1972 are cited in this bibliography on outdoor education. Part I contains citations and abstracts which appeared in "Research in Education" between April 1971 and September 1972. Part II includes citations of journal articles from "Current Index to Journals in…

An instrument was developed to assess attitudes about science and administered to 505 fourth, fifth and sixth grade pupils. Attitudinal objectives found in the literature were selected and defined in behavioral terms by a panel of judges. Items for the Science Attitude Scale (SAS) were based on selected objectives and revised to appropriate…

The procedures utilized in constructing test items designed to measure intermediate grade children's level of attainment of selected classificatory science concepts are described. Tests were prepared to measure children's level of concept mastery for 30 concepts, 10 each from the areas of biological science, earth science, and physical science.…