The achievement of content and understandings of the scientific enterprise of students in the Interaction of Matter and Energy Program (IME) and conventional physical science classes was compared. The experimental group consisted of 372 pupils from 13 classes while the control group had 275 students from 12 classes. Students were pre- and…

This project had as its objectives (1) the development of programs which would lead to the improvement of teaching science and mathematics K-8 in the state of Kansas, and (2) to test a dissemination model. One-hundred and ten principals and teachers attended seminars, lectures, and demonstrations and were involved in teaching elementary school…

This paper presents the theoretical basis for the model of individualization used in an elementary-school science program and describes the Individualized Science (IS) individualized-learning management system, which is an operational realization of the model. The science content and science learning goals of the curriculum reflect the authors'…

Eighty first-grade students, randomly selected from eight elementary schools, participated in this study. Four of the schools were located within the city and four in the rural area surrounding the city. The assessment instrument was the Organisms Evaluation Supplement, designed to evaluate students' attitudes in science, students' perception of…

Described is a program which attempts to prepare teachers in a fashion that approximates the instructional setting which is expected in science classrooms utilizing the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) programs. It is specifically designed to support the in-service preparation of ISCS teachers. It includes two basic categories of…

Some course and curriculum improvement projects funded by the National Science Foundation have produced definitive editions of textbooks, other printed materials, and instructional films. This bulletin lists materials available in 1968 through commercial or college and university sources. The publications include textbooks, laboratory guides,…

This report deals with the developmental history of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Description of the project and its origins as well as summative evaluation are briefly discussed. Diffusion of the project and subsequent adoption are also treated and its future potential evaluated. (CP)

This publication is designed for pre- and in-service teachers to learn the philosophy and techniques of teaching employed in Intermediate Science Curriculum Study materials. The content of this book centers around the concept of electricity. A number of activities are suggested. The teachers can work on this at their own pace individually. A…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize and review the results of the Harvard Project Physics (HPP) research and evaluation activity to make available to interested science educators the design, implementation, and results of a major curriculum evaluation effort. This activity was conducted during the years 1965-1970 and had considerable support…

This teachers guide to "Food for Living Things," one of the units of the Junior Secondary Science Project prepared for use in Victorian (Australia) secondary schools, includes copies of all of the appropriate student materials in addition to information designed to assist the teacher develop the unit. This information includes hints on…

These materials form a service unit for students in grade seven science courses in Australian secondary schools. The teacher's guide lists the expected knowledge, skills, and attitudinal outcomes; suggests methods of facilitating student investigation; lists materials needed for each activity; and suggests additional references for student and…

The teachers' guide to this trial version of a unit prepared by the Australian Science Education Project is an overprinted copy of the students' manual, including comments on the teaching techniques suggested for each activity, lists of recommended references and visual aids, and indications of links with other units produced by the Project. There…

This trial version of a unit is the series being produced by the Australian Science Education Project provides instructions for students to prepare a variety of cell types and examine them with microscopes. It also gives some information about the variety and function of cells. The core of the unit, which all students are expected to complete,…

This booklet contains five activities designed to assist secondary school science students master the skills of scale reading, taking an arithmetic mean, locating points on a graph, drawing graphs to represent relationships, and recognizing experimental error in a graph of a simple relationship. The unit is a trial version of a techniques unit…

The treatment of electricity in each of the three most widely used National Science Foundation sponsored elementary science programs (SAPA, SCIS, and ESS) is examined. Comparisons between the programs are made. (Author/CP)