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Beasley, Warren – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Reviews the tradition of teaching and learning of organic chemistry in high school courses. Includes an analysis of present student performance and possible directions of future chemistry programs. Report is based on research of instruction and learning of organic chemistry in 90 high schools. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems
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School Science Review, 1979
Presents an evaluative study of the Nuffield A-level organic chemistry course which was conducted in the United Kingdom. Questionnaire surveys were used to compare the course content with the content Nuffield teachers and university lecturers thought should be included in an A-level course. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Stoever, Edward C., Jr.; Korporaal, Arie R. – Geotimes, 1979
Detailed are the origins, development, and implementation of the Crustal Evolution Education Project (CEEP). This group has produced, for use in earth science and other classes in grades 8-10, a series of instructional modules based on current scientific research in the composition, history, and processes of the earth's crust. (BT)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Geology
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Linn, Marcia C.; And Others – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1994
Compares current science education reform efforts with those of the 1960s to enhance student learning. Discusses how an "alternative models" view of scientific explanation can contribute to reforms of course goals, social aspects of science learning, instructional practices, and roles for technology. Contains 50 references. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Papapanagou, Eirini; Tiniakou, Argyro; Georgiadis, Theodoros – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
An educational package based on the Messolongi wetland area and designed to develop environmental awareness amongst Greek secondary students is described. The package includes a book and a pedagogical guide for the teacher, as well as a hypermedia application/CD-ROM and worksheets for the student. The entire educational package combines recent…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Secondary School Curriculum, Consciousness Raising
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. – 1992
This publication introduces and provides a framework for Earth Systems Education (ESE), an effort to establish within U.S. schools more effective programs designed to increase the public's understanding of the Earth system. The publication presents seven "understandings" around which curriculum can be organized and materials selected in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Payez, Joseph – 1989
Science faculty at small community colleges often face the problem of teaching courses at off-campus locations without laboratory facilities or equipment. An introductory physical science course offered at Southampton Correctional Center in Capron, Virginia, illustrates one approach to this problem. First, the instructor met with students prior to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Extension Education, Instructional Development
Marinez, Diana I.; Ortiz de Montellano, Bernardo R. – 1988
There are many ways in which science can be made culturally relevant: archeoastronomy, mathematics, geology, ethnobotany, chemistry, and art can all be taught from a perspective celebrating the accomplishments of Mexican American and American Indian science and encouraging exploration. A culturally relevant curriculum provides teachers with…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Kelsey, Robert Joseph – 1988
After using the "Physics: A Human Endeavor" curriculum for a period of time students and teachers in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, in general, suggested that there was a need for a curriculum change. This paper reports on ways to effectively change the curriculum. Topics included are: (1) need for change in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Daugs, Donald R. – 1989
This program is the result of efforts made to develop a preparation model for elementary teachers. The science component of the program is referred to as SODIA-Science which is derived from the first letters of descriptive words: Self, Others, Discipline, Implementation, and Associate teaching. These words describe the emphasis at each level of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Daugs, Donald R. – 1989
To summarize the implemented program, this report makes use of the practice profile. Inputs, processes, and outputs statements are the ideals for the practice profile and are adapted from the outputs stated in the Discrepancy Evaluation Model. The major project components are: (1) "Critical Mass" (which is what is needed before the…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Cothron, Julia H.; Thompson, Ertle – 1985
Student variables which influence attainment of ecological concepts and conceptual systems were investigated. Researcher-designed paper/pencil and free-sort categorization tests were administered to 256 Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) students in grades 4-6. Findings are: (1) grade and ability, not sex, influenced concept attainment…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Concept Formation, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Cothron, Julia H.; Thompson, Ertle – 1984
Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) students in grades 4-6 were used to investigate ecological concept formation. Researcher-designed, multiple-choice and free-sort tasks were administered. Statistics utilized included analysis of variance, Spearman correlation, multiple regression, frequency distributions, and latent partition analysis.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Concept Formation, Ecology, Elementary School Science
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Kellogg, Don; And Others – Science Teacher, 1975
Describes a summer workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, to train elementary teachers in Oklahoma to serve as leaders in implementing modern elementary school science curriculum programs. (PB)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Skoog, Gerald – 1981
The author discusses the activities and goals of advocates of creation science as these persons and groups work to bring about the teaching of creationism in high school science courses in which evolution is taught. It is the author's belief that the anti-evolutionism movement was stimulated by the science curriculum improvement activities of the…
Descriptors: Biology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Creationism
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