Besides evaluating the Science-A Process Approach (SAPA) program, this study was undertaken to permit some assessment of generally accepted notions of curriculum change. It was proposed that students pursuing the SAPA program, when compared with those in a traditional program, would show a better understanding of science processes, have an…

Three domains of problems are the subject of this report: problems related to the nature of the Inquiry Role Approach (IRA) project implementation in field test classrooms, problems related to student performance associated with different kinds of extent of project implementation, and problems related to project student performance within the…

Contained are articles on three main aspects of science and technology. Part I contains articles related to the "Socio-Economic Impact of Science and Technology." The articles in Part II are grouped under a broad title, "The Structure, Function and Responsibilities of the Executive and Legislative Bodies in the Development of Science Policy." This…

This bibliography cites descriptions of chemistry courses and labs for nonscientists, some ideas on activities and teaching techniques appropriate to the nonscience major chemistry course, descriptions of related courses, and some relevant essays and reports. (Author/BB)

Factors which make a science program effective are discussed, including such skills as: observation; data collection; classification; inference; measurement; prediction; communication; relationships; hypothesis; and models. (CB)

Planetarium presentations at Ball State University have been integrated into a science and society course titled Colloquium in Science and Mathematics. A brief description and educational objectives for six of the presentations are provided. (JN)

A survey was conducted to investigate variation in stakeholder perceptions of training results and evaluation within the context of a high-technology product development firm (the case organization). A scannable questionnaire survey booklet was developed and scanned data were exported and analyzed. Based on an achieved sample of 280 (70% response…

This article presents numerous limitations in present state guidelines in regards to elementary science education and suggests to satisfy the guidelines' spirit without being stalled by their logic. (Editors/JA)

Reports the results of a survey of public attitudes toward science and technology conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton for the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation. The survey indicated strong public approval about past achievements in these disciplines and even stronger confidence for the future. (JR)

A rationale is presented placing the teaching of science in a more meaningful context for the layman and requiring new synthesis of subject matter, less oriented to emphasizing the structure of disciplines. (DF)

Science outside the classroom is integrated by dealing with real problems in a real world which is opposite the precise, neat, and nonrelevant science that the student receives in school. (DF)

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school system makes its own science kits in a program covering 63,000 elementary school youngsters in 2,100 classrooms. (Editor)

Discusses research results from three successful integrated science and reading programs. Makes suggestions to teachers who are considering creating an integrated science and reading program. (SOE)

Provides a history of the Cornell University nature study program, which was essentially an agricultural movement in its inception and aims. (CCM)

Describes a physics demonstration show where students conduct demonstrations for the rest of the school. By demonstrating a concept, students are forced to learn that concept in depth. Appendix includes a physics demonstrations resource list. (JRH)