Presented is a description of a study done to assess an undergraduate science methods course. The subjects involved in the study were 82 elementary education majors at Louisiana State University. Students not in the course served as a comparison group. The treatment group participated in science activities selected from ESS, SCIS, and SAPA…

On the basis that one of the primary goals for an inservice institute introducing an innovative curriculum should be to change the participants' philosophy of teaching, this study analyzed the achievement of this goal in several inservice institutes designed to prepare teachers for implementing the Elementary Science Study (ESS) and the Science…

This month-by-month calendar of suggested sensory activities is intended to be part of the science curriculum in kindergarten and the primary grades. It takes advantage of the child's natural interest in examining the world around him. Lists of natural and man-made objects appropriate to each school month are divided according to the sense to…

This paper incorporates the work of several authors and presents a project focused on the competency training of teachers in environmental education. Draft competency lists included: (1) scientific knowledge for elementary school teachers; (2) processes in science for the elementary school teacher; and (3) teaching science to elementary school age…

Reported is a study of the development of a set of elementary school science teaching competencies with significant elementary school teacher input and of a comparison of ratings of elementary school teachers with science teacher educators on three scales: (1) when a competency should be taught, (2) what role the university should have in teaching…

Presented are four modules (from Appendix A), developed for a study at Central Michigan University, focusing on competency-based materials in science methods education for elementary school teachers. The Teaching Tactics Module is an attempt to combine process teaching skills and inquiry. Four teaching tactics are emphasized: initiating, focusing,…

This study was designed to investigate the nonverbal teacher behavior of wait-time. Wait-time is the silence in a conversation following a teacher or student utterance. The primary purpose of the investigation was to document some of the behavioral and cognitive effects of wait-time and to delineate the interrelationships between the various forms…

Reported are international and American curricular development projects in science and mathematics. Each report contains information under the following headings: Project Title; Project Headquarters; Principal Professional Staff; Project Support; Project History; Present Commercial Affiliations; Project Objectives; Methods of Instruction Used in…

The development of a population studies program is described. Questions indicating the content of the program are listed; these relate to human population, human needs, the environment, and problems raised by the interrelationships of these factors. Preparation of materials was undertaken by curriculum specialists in natural sciences and social…

Focusing on the interaction between population growth and the quality of man's environment, suggestions are made for an interdisciplinary approach to teaching concepts and appropriate analytic tools and attitudes for solving related problems. An outline of a kindergarten through twelfth grade plan for teaching nutrition is given as an example.…

This pamphlet is a collection of ten short articles originally published in "Soil Conservation" from 1964-1968. The articles are written for the teacher and are concerned with recent innovations in conservation education in various schools in the eastern United States. Innovations include school land laboratories, soil monolith tours for teachers,…

This is the first in the fourth series of general bibliographies developed to disseminate information on documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science and Mathematics Education. Reported are 428 citations of selected documents related to instructional procedures in science and mathematics education. The documents include…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten--grade 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory section deals with objectives, scope, sequences, and units. The main body of the guide deals with activities and lists materials, with illustrations. The guide is offset printed and bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND…

Evaluated was the educational merit of a mobile science laboratory. The methodology used for evaluation was the Planning Assistance Through Technical Evaluation of Relevance Numbers (PATTERN) system. The program utilizing the mobile laboratory was shown to induce behavioral changes in students, motivate them, and create interest and excitement…

Provided are the printed instructional materials for the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Unit Position and Motion. This unit is a continuation of the part of the teaching program centering on space-time relations. The principle new idea introduced in this unit is that of the reference frame, a systematic selection of reference objects…