Reviews the role of logic in the laboratory, group work in science, the role of history and philosophy in school science education, brainstorming in the classroom to invent a model, and the scientific debate. (JN)

Outlines the general revision of university studies which has occurred in Finland since the late 1960s. Physiology training in five universities is described, the future development of teaching in physiology and related subjects is discussed, and the contribution of physiology to postgraduate education and training is reviewed. (CS)

Reports on a project, funded by the National Science Foundation, being conducted at Argonne National Laboratory to encourage physically handicapped students to undertake careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. (Author/SK)

Analyzes a National Science Foundation report, "Science and Engineering Education for the 1980s and Beyond," prepared for the President and Department of Education. Provides information on the status of science and engineering education in the United States. (Author/SK)

Presents text of the testimony on March 3, 1981 of the President of the National Science Teachers' Association to a Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the the Reagan Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed cuts in the science education budget of the National Science Foundation. (CS)

Describes 20 National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded projects, emphasizing those from which earth science instructional materials are replicable and available. Included are the general nature of the project, type of materials produced (audio-visual aids, computer programs, learning modules, earth science equipment, and others), grade/educational…

Describes laboratory procedures, demonstrations, and classroom activities/materials, including rapid peat-depth surveying; leaf-flotation method for measuring photosynthesis, an educational game demonstrating basis of protein synthesis, daffodil phototropism; chromatography apparatus; egg white digestion, and chromatography apparatus. Also…

Discusses: (1) the nature of science; (2) Ausubel's learning theory and its application to introductory science; and (3) mathematics and physics instruction. Outlines a checklist approach to Certificate of Extended Education (CSE) practical assessment in biology. (JN)

Compared conventional biology instruction to personalized system of instruction (PSI) and investigated relationship between achievement and selected variables (age, sex, family income/size, grade point average, motivational factors, treatment group, and California Achievement Test scores) of college students (N=80). Results, among others, indicate…

Traces the development of a pencil and paper instrument which measures the change in pupils' (N=576) conception of the particle model of matter. Responses of four groups of children in grades 5-12 and university sophomore nonscience majors revealed that some cognitive difficulties are experienced at all ages. (CS)

Science educators (N=28) were asked to indicate whether 23 policy statements and 24 corresponding statements of needed research (appearing in "Crisis in Science Education") represented a critical need, a definite need or a low priority need. Statements seen as critically important by one-half or more respondents are listed and discussed.…

Discusses three general characteristics and four criticisms of meta-analysis (statistical analysis of the summary findings of many research studies). Illustrates application of meta-analysis on research studies relating to school class size and achievement and inquiry teaching of biology. (JN)

Describes a program in which a community college offered its instructional and physical resources to local gifted and talented high school students and their teachers. Students, accompanied by their teachers, performed research on the college campus. Indicates the importance of teachers being on campus with students. (SK)

Traces the events leading to the creation of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). Discusses how the units have been represented by their standards, and investigates how the original metric system evolved into the International System of Units (SI), focusing on the meter, second, kilogram, and electrical units. (SK)

Reviews physics curricula and instructional practices and materials (films, television, computers) at the secondary and college levels. Includes discussion of physics majors and teachers, examinations and testing, and the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF). (JN)