Reports on activities related to the development of an alternative, and radically different, mode of food production. (GS)

This paper presents results evaluating the National Science Foundation's Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) program focusing on: (1) institutional needs; (2) project implementation; (3) quality of instructional improvement; (4) evaluation; (5) project costs; and (6) recommendations. Evaluation methods included…

This self-appraisal checklist was designed by the Ohio State Board of Education to help Ohio teachers and administrators improve elementary science programs. The checklist is organized into seven major categories which represent essential aspects of an elementary science program, including: (1) philosophy; (2) organization and administration; (3)…

This self-appraisal checklist was designed by the Ohio State Board of Education to help Ohio teachers and administrators improve secondary science proqrams. The checklist is organized into seven major categories which represent essential aspects of a secondary science program, including: (1) philosophy; (2) organization and administration; (3)…

This paper is concerned with the teaching-learning strategy of the Primary Science Project of the Science Education Program for Africa. It was presented in the 1976 seminar of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) of the UNESCO in Paris. The document includes six sections: (1) The concept of a strategy; (2) Description of the…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics of applicants and participants (teaching load, number of times applied for NSF support, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institutes and…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics (age, previous participation, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) of applicants and participants in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institute and research participation projects…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics (age, previous participation, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) of applicants and participants in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institutes and research participation projects…

This document presents a summary of the characteristics (age, previous participation, geographic distribution, major educational assignment, subject matter responsibility, level of assignment, and name of school where employed) of applicants and participants in National Science Foundation (NSF) funded institutes and research participation programs…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUMMER SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAMS (SSTP) FOR HIGH ABILITY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS INVESTIGATED. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED IN A STUDY 3 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM TO COMPARE THE SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC PROGRESS, CAREER CHOICES, AND SCIENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF SSTP PARTICIPANTS WITH THOSE OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE…

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…

This study concerns the development and preliminary evaluation of a series of "laboratory blocks" of correlated laboratory investigations which integrate traditional subject areas of physical science and introduce key areas of modern science. Concurrent with the development of laboratory blocks have been the design of an inexpensive set…

This project was funded by the National Science Foundation to help institutions of higher education develop course-related library instruction programs for students in undergraduate science programs. The second volume of the annual report for 1976-77 continues appendix four of the first volume, the October 1976 workshop proceedings. It presents…