Uses four measures of attitude towards different sources of scientific information, namely experiments, experts, books and teachers, to investigate the relative preferences for the different sources among a sample of 7th grade students in Melbourne. Also explores relationships between student changes in attitude to these sources and a number of…

Presents a holistic model of science curriculum which utilizes the student's science interest as a starting point. (SL)

Describes the Science Olympiad conducted yearly by St. Andrews Presbyterian College as a method of recruiting science oriented students. (SL)

Science should not be considered a secondary subject in elementary education and should not, as is often the case, be saved for the end of the school day when students and teachers are at a low energy ebb. Science and the three R's are not at odds but are complementary. (BB)

Discusses increasing student motivation and interest by emphasizing the applications of chemistry. (SL)

Reports a study's findings of which factors influence Nigerian secondary school students' choice of science subjects. Variables considered were sex, age, group of study (arts or science), attitudes, intelligence (IQ), and personality. Results from 1240 students indicated that attitude to science was most important factor followed by IQ. (ML)

Significant positive Pearson correlation coefficients were found for students'(N=91) interest in and attitudes toward science (0.58), interest in science and curiosity (0.47), and attitudes toward science and curiosity (0.40). Implications for science instruction and curriculum development are addressed. (JN)

This CD-ROM describes how science can be used in schools to show that students can be excited and engaged in science and how science can be integrated into other disciplines. Science Year is a 12-month packed calendar of events, projects and resources, designed to stimulate the imagination about science and technology. Activities include the…

This study investigated the effects on student scientific efficacy after participation in the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) project. In the GAVRT program, students use computers to record extremely faint radio waves collected by the telescope and analyze real data. Scientific efficacy is a type of self-knowledge a person uses to…

This document provides the administrative, management, and supervisory guidance necessary to successfully conduct and support grades 7-12 science symposia. It was developed as the operations manual for the Pacific Region Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (PJSHS) program for 2002-2003 which is an 10-month, precollege student research program…

Reports the results of a study to test an instrument which was designed to evaluate science interest. The instrument was fashioned from the scales of evaluation, potency, and activity from Osgood's Semantic Differential, and is presented in its entirety in the appendix. (JR)

Great need for hygienists suggests that counselors bring field to attention of girls of good ability in areas of science, spatial visualization, routine arithmetic. (Author)

Summarizes proceedings and student experiences at the 1980 Science Career Workshop for Physically Disabled Students at the Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California). Includes a description of the key-note speaker's topics, and other workshop activities. (DS)

Reports the results of a questionnaire asking 224 elementary school teachers and 5152 elementary school students in Indiana what students want from schools. Results indicate girls have interests equal to boys in science and science-oriented careers, and that teachers did not think their students were interested in science. (DS)

Explores the development of science interest among high school students (N=147) chosen to attend 1978 North Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. A survey was used to determine the intensity, initiation, maintenance, derivation, and areas of interest. Seventy-four percent of the students claimed interest in science developed through…