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Rockstraw, David A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2005
An established methodology involving the sequential presentation of five skills on ASPEN Plus to undergraduate seniors majoring in ChE is presented in this document: (1) specifying unit operations; (2) manipulating physical properties; (3) accessing variables; (4) specifying nonstandard components; and (5) applying advanced features. This…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Teaching Methods, College Seniors, Science Process Skills
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Champagne, Audrey B.; Klopfer, Leo E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1974
Discusses formative evaluation (those evaluation activities carried out while a curriculum is still being developed) and relates this to the development of the Individualized Science (IS) program at the University of Pittsburgh. (PEB)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science
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Froehlich, Kurt P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1974
This study was designed to see if objectives accompanying test items increased cognitive learning. The results indicate that objectives accompanying pretest items facilitate student study and preparation for posttests, but objectives accompanying posttest items inhibited performance. (BR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
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Fisher, Darrell L.; Fraser, Barry J. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1974
Presents data concerning teachers' reactions after using Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) materials in Tasmania. (PEB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Pascoe, Robert; Shepherd, Ron – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1974
Reported, in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, is information concerning student ratings of trial versions of Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) units. (PEB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation, Questionnaires, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Gardner, P. L. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1975
The study was conducted in Victoria on grade 11 pupils taking the first year of a two-year course based on Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) materials. The magnitudes of the teacher behavior and pupil personality effects were much larger than the effects associated with different curricula. (Author/MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Lawson, Chester A. – American Biology Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Ecology
Basehore, Carole P.; Fortner, Rosanne – 1980
Presented are a student workbook and teacher's manual for a unit which combines a study of water pollution with instruction in critical reading skills. In the two activities students study the types and effects of pollution in Lake Erie. At the same time they learn how to read critically, evaluate their reading skills, and analyze written material…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Pollution, Reading Instruction
Fortner, Rosanne; Jax, Daniel W. – 1980
The disappearance of planes and ships in the Great Lakes area is the focus of the three activities in this unit. Activity A involves studying the locations of missing craft and personnel. Activity B, which treats the loss of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald as an example of a Great Lakes tragedy, consists of plotting bathymetric contours,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Air Transportation, Music Appreciation, Navigation
Yager, Robert E. – 1978
This program is called Project ASSIST. ASSIST is an acronym for Alternative Strategies and Services for Improving Science Teaching. ASSIST is involved in teacher education (both inservice and preservice), student programs, and community relations. The model consists of five levels: (1) the coordinating staff; (2) the consulting and advisory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Models
Brown, Kenneth E.; Obourn, Ellsworth S. – 1957
This study provides data on the offerings and enrollment in science and mathematics in public high schools during the fall of 1956. The information was obtained from a 10% sample of these schools selected at random. The same schools were used for a similar survey in 1954 and the data in that survey are compared with the data in the 1956 survey.…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Development, High Schools, Mathematics Education
Elementary Science Study, Newton, MA. – 1971
Presented are 29 activity cards designed for use with the Elementary Science Study (ESS) program. Each card describes an experiment on one aspect of water flow such as siphoning, methods of removing water from a container, aspirators, floats, and water behavior in various tubing linkups. Activities are intended for individual or small group study;…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Physics, Science Activities
Webster, David; And Others – 1971
This picture book was designed to be used with an Elementary Science Study unit that provides opportunities for students in grades 4-6 to study animal tracks. Shown within this book are numerous examples of tracks, including those of tires, human beings, animal tracks, and others in various media, such as snow, sand, mud, dust, and cement. (CS)
Descriptors: Animals, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Atkin, J. Myron; Wyatt, Stanley P., Jr. – 1969
Presented is book two in a series of six books in the University of Illinois Astronomy Program which introduces astronomy to upper elementary and junior high school students. This guidebook is concerned with how celestial bodies move in space and how these motions are observed by astronomers. Topics discussed include: a study of the daily motion…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Sciences, Science Activities
Coley, John Wesley – 1966
Two problems were studied: (1) the relationship between current programs of Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Biology as perceived by certain classroom teachers in Florida and the proposed BSCS program as presented by individuals associated with the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, and (2) the relationship between certain variables,…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations, Inservice Teacher Education
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