Presented is a guide for an introductory college level physics course in mechanics. The course is contract graded and allows students to proceed at their own pace; however, lectures, problem solving sessions, and laboratory sessions are included. Students on an independent basis review video tapes, film loops, library study, and conduct an…

This document provides the teacher's guide for grade six for the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) science curriculum project. The guide includes an introduction to COPES, instructions for using the guide, instructions for assessment of the student's grade 5 mastery of science concepts, and six science units. Each unit…

This document provides the teacher's guide for grade five for the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) science curriculum project. The guide includes an introduction to COPES, instructions for using the guide, instructions for assessment of student's grade 4 mastery of science concepts, and five science units. Each unit…

This document describes an introduction course in the fundamentals of chemistry for marine engineers. The course is modularized, audio tutorial allowing the student to progress at his own rate while integrating laboratory and lecture materials. (SL)

Presented is a report that includes condensations of papers presented on interdisciplinary curricula, evaluation and dissemination and of the reactions to these papers. The full papers and reactions are in the appendix. The report also includes the highlights of discussion sessions at which small groups reported. The final section summarizes the…

The material in this monograph is based on the idea that science content and the reading and reasoning processes for learning may be taught simultaneously in the science classroom. Topics of the six chapters are: distinguishing between content and process, developmental and functional reading; diagnosis in teaching science; preparatory activities…

This issue contains usual features of an annotated bibliography related to science and society and a general news and communications section. The remainder of the publication focuses on the interaction of science and ethics, both within the academic community and without, among scientists and non-scientists alike. One section consists of brief…

This study investigated the long term effects of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) method at the University of California, San Diego. Groups of 139 and 137 undergraduate students took three physics courses taught by either the PSI method or the lecture/discussion method. Students from these groups were compared in two subsequent…

This document consists primarily of papers and speeches presented at a seminar convened in Malaysia. It also includes an outline of the seminar proceedings, a list of the participants and staff members, a list of the organizing committee, and several reports of the findings and recommendations of the seminar working groups. Papers presented to the…

This document presents a curriculum base for a particular school system comprised of eight high schools. Its purpose is to provide a conceptual base which encourages flexibility and diversity. The format is based on the conceptual schemes identified in the NSTA publication, Theory Into Action. Included in the publication is the philosophy of the…

The author attempted to find predictor variables related to secondary school science teachers who favor the use of innovative science curricula and to find such variables as related to the teachers' understanding of science processes. Data were available from 183 usable inventory-questionnaires out of 184 returned. Data were also obtained from 13…

Ten school systems in western New York will send local school teams consisting of an administrator, a curriculum supervisor, and classroom teachers to participate in a 6-week campus summer session for the specific purpose of developing knowledge and skills which will permit them to become critical "change agent" teams in their elementary…

This curriculum guide contains an outline of the scope and sequence of science concepts to be developed in grades 1-4 in the schools of the Iberville Parish system, Louisiana. Concepts from the life sciences, earth sciences, and physical sciences are presented in the form of an individualized instructional program in which the material within each…

The purpose of this publication is to aid elementary teachers in defining and illustrating career education concepts within the framework of the science and social studies curriculums thay are teaching. Behavioral objectives were written to connect the subject areas with career education themes. The Center for Vocational and Technical Education at…

The purpose of this study was to determine if an inquiry-oriented curriculum in elementary science (Science Curriculum Improvement Study, SCIS) transfer to other academic areas. A group of 46 pupils who had experienced SCIS in grades one through four, and 69 who had not experienced a similar course, were administered the Stanford Achievement Test…