Presented are two of the science 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 Materials Module is designed to involve the preservice teachers in examining, analyzing and evaluating three elementary science…

Reported are the results of a workshop designed to instruct college teachers and science consultants in "Science - A Process Approach" and "Science Curriculum""Improvement Study" curricula. One of the objectives of the workshop was to influence participants to promote these curricula and initiate change. This report…

Contained is a review of the research done on the use of verbal rewards in the classroom. Some verbal rewards are tasks rewards, other rewards are more personal; and still other verbal rewards are impersonal. Verbal rewards, therefore, have both intellectual and emotional implications. Research literature indicates that "verbal reward"…

Investigated were the relationships among three characteristics of administrators (school superintendents' innovativeness, dogmatism, and perceptions of situational pressures). Superintendents with three or four of the new programs were ranked as higly innovative, and superintendents with less than three were ranked as low innovative. The…

This Teacher's Guide is designed for use with the Science Curriculum Improvement Study's (SCIS) unit Population. Populations is the third of a six-unit sequence of SCIS's Life Science Program for grades K-6. The Populations guide consists of activity outlines along with suggestions for guiding children's observation and manipulations of living…

Based upon the relationship of the child's ability to conserve, as measured by Piaget tasks, to his success in beginning reading, this study compared the reading readiness of two groups of first-grade students. One group used Material Objects (Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS)) and the other, Harper and Row's Reading Readiness Program.…

Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education, the status of science teaching in Massachusetts elementary schools was studied by the project staff of the Office of Tests at Harvard University. The quality and use of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported programs were analyzed through a historical discussion of…

Reported is a study to determine the attitudes of Israeli high school biology teachers to the Israeli adaptation of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) curriculum. Blankenship's Attitude Inventory, designed to determine teachers' reactions to BSCS materials, was translated into Hebrew. Copies were mailed to 200 high schools in Israel.…

The contents of this Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) unit are designed for students who have worked through two other ASEP units: Models (ED 068 298) and Charge (SE 016 883). Three other units, Electric Circuits (ED 081 576), Minerals and Crystals (ED 058 059), and Sticking Together (ED 081 573), are considered to provide background…

This teacher's handbook provides information about the philosophy, rationale, and teaching strategies of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) program, as well as information about the SCIS physical and life science sequences to provide teachers with an understanding of the program's overall content and structure. Much of the material in…

Presented is a final report designed to analyze factors successful in the implementation of innovative science programs in elementary and secondary rural schools in Missouri. Thirty elementary schools in a 25 county area were studied and data gathered via multiple choice questionnaires and personal interviews. Thirty-one secondary schools were…

This newsletter presents a progress report for the 1973-74 year for the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). The program for the Educable Mentally Handicapped is reviewed and a new series of Animal Behavior films is described. Other articles in the newsletter include information on the Human Sciences Program with emphasis on the…

This paper reports a study to develop a measure that would determine behaviors teachers predict they would use while teaching elementary school science. The Predicted Role Measure (PRM) consisted of a motion picture film and a response packet. After observing nine scenes from the film, the participating teachers recorded their predicted behaviors.…

The author attempts to show the development of logical-empirical knowledge structures from the raw elements in nature to the structures of knowledge as perceived by the mature student. Eighteen hypotheses are identified which focus on the expected relative natures of perceived knowledge structures of the various agental groups and their…

Reported is a study on the problem-solving skills of sixth-grade students. Three curricula were utilized in the study: Science - A Process Approach (SAPA), the Laidlaw textbook series, and the Environmental Studies (ES) Project materials. Twenty-seven teachers in eight schools participated. Each of the teachers taught one of the three curricula.…