A project is described wherein the major activity is assistance to schools for implementing or revising science curriculum programs in Iowa schools. Programs emphasized include all grade levels. Assistance is provided in the areas of mathematics and social studies as well as science. A K-12 Environmental Studies Program was developed by the…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introduction describes the development of the junior high school science program. The main text is divided into three phases: Processes and Skills, Developing a Model of Matter, and Human Structure and Function. Phase I contains two subcategories: Rocks and…

Presented is a discussion of the role of explanation and prediction in determining science curriculum content. It is the author's contention that many of the concepts currently presented in high school and college science courses are based on assumptions long rejected as false by scientists because curriculum designers have failed to examine…

This compilation summarizes the papers presented by a number of Australian educators at a conference that produced guidelines for the planning of the Australian Science Education Project. A full set of the original papers is available as ED 040 863. The topics considered in the papers summarized are: the general objectives of the project; the…

A catalog of student-computer dialogues for physics teaching at the University of California at Irvine lists twenty different programs. Signing on and off are explained, then sixteen nongraphic and four graphic dialogues are listed with author, student level and information content described. (RB)

Described is an evaluation instrument designed for individual or group use for assessing an overall science curricula. Specific items within seven broad topics (foundations for local planning; curriculum; teaching-learning; staff; facilities, equipment, and materials; evaluation; and finances) are scaled zero (totally lacking) to four (excellent).…

Presents a simple pedagogical model to teach the importance of antiparallel complementarity in nucleotide pairing when replication, transcription and coding are initially introduced. (HM)

Describes a certain procedure, devised by the instructor, to speed up his grading of homework assignments for a general physics course. (GA)

Describes two undergraduate courses in primate behavior, which emphasize hierarchy status, learning communications systems, social behavior, and ecological relationships of primates. Included is an extensive listing of resources for primate behavior. (SL)

Reviews a one-credit hour undergraduate inorganic chemistry course. (SL)

Reviews a quantitative analysis course taught by the personalized system of instruction (PSI). (SL)

Describes chemistry programs in four Australian secondary schools. (CP)

Provides some suggestions for improving the quality of science education. (RK)

Provides a rationale for the Soviet chemistry curriculum and offers guidelines for teaching methodology. Details the goals and tasks for students in the Soviet chemistry curriculum for grades six through eleven. (RKM)

Analyzed and classified were Individualized Science Instruction System (ISIS) minicourse performance objectives and criterion-referenced test items according to Bloom's cognitive "Taxonomy" to determine levels of cognition emphasized. The findings indicate that ISIS minicourse test objectives are written primarily at the knowledge and…