The purpose of this study was to (1) develop and validate criterion-referenced tests to measure science knowledge of students who finished the fifth grade, as well as those who finished the three cycles of the General Education and (2) to assess the performance on these tests of a national, random sample of fourth-, sixth-, seventh-, and…

This document contains the full text of 21 papers presented at an international conference on Girls And Science And Technology (GASAT). They include: "Women in Science and Engineering: A Case of Awareness and Encouragement" (Mary Anderson); "A Multi-phased Program for Recruiting Southern Women into Science Based on Extensive Media Use and…

The project on Girls and Science and Technology (GASAT) consists of bringing together individuals involved in research and development projects to examine ways to increase the participation of girls and women in science and technology education, by organizing international conferences. This seven-part document provides: (1) a discussion of the…

This study examined: (1) the relationship between the fulfillment of expectations for the identification of rocks and minerals after experience with specimens selected to meet expectations and anxiety levels; (2) changes in anxiety levels after this experience was followed by experience with rocks and minerals which did not meet expectations; and…

Meta-Analysis procedures were employed to integrate existing science education research findings on the effectiveness of teaching strategy analysis training to: (1) determine overall magnitude of effect that can be expected from such training; (2) determine and compare relative magnitude of effects attributable to various approaches to such…

A quantitative synthesis of research findings on the effects of three major activity-based elementary science programs developed with National Science Foundation support was conducted. Controlled evaluation studies of the Elementary Science Study (ESS), Science-A Process Approach (SAPA), or The Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) were used…

A developmental investigation of the ability to control variables was conducted. One or two logically similar physics problems were individually administered to 120 subjects age 12 to 14. The problems involved either familiar or unfamiliar variables. Each problem was presented in three different informational formats. Success on the problems in…

An attempt to train concrete operational fifth-grade students (N=32) and seventh-grade students (N=32) to perform at the formal operational level on tasks demanding the control of variables are reported. The training was conducted in four individual sessions of approximately 30 minutes each. The training sessions were designed to represent a…

The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) institute programs and curriculum development activities are briefly reviewed as well as the current activities of the Information Dissemination for Science program. Included are goals of the program and a discussion of the nature of projects funded by the program. (DS)

Reported are results of a study proposing to determine whether developmental patterns in correlational reasoning could be identified among a large and diverse sample; whether developmental patterns in correlational reasoning were similar regardless of problem context; and whether developmental patterns in correlational reasoning were similar for…

Women Inquire into Science and Engineering (WISE) is a 22 minute audio-visual (slide/tape) program for students in grades six through twelve. Its purpose is: (1) to apprise students of the opportunities for them in the Inquiry Into Science and Engineering Class and encourage them to take the prerequisite math and science courses; and (2) to…

The collection of competency goals and performance indicators is designed to assist regular and special educators in creating curriculum and instructional programs to maximize the learning potential of educable mentally retarded students. The competency goals and performance indicators are identified in most program areas by grade level categories…

The Integrated Science-Mathematics Education Project (ISMEP) is an NSF-funded, interdisciplinary science/mathematics education program for preservice elementary school teachers which fosters an increase in scientific and mathematical literacy, improved attitudes toward science and mathematics, and enhancement of intellectual development on the…

Five instructional techniques for increasing the meaningfulness of technical or scientific information are summarized: (1) organization of prose; (2) use of concrete analogy and advance organizers; (3) use of inserted questions in prose; (4) elaboration activities such as note taking; and (5) discovery learning. Research on each technique is…

Information from the American Institute of Medical Climatologists on human responses to weather and climatic conditions, including clouds, winds, humidity, barometric pressure, heat, cold, and other variables that may exert a pervasive impact on health, behavior, disposition, and the level of efficiency with which individuals function is reviewed.…