Project SOAR (Stress on Analytic Reasoning) is a pre-college summer program for natural, health, and mathematics science majors jointly developed and conducted by the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer Science and Physics/Pre-Engineering at Xavier University of Louisiana. The program objective was to increase performance in…

This publication developed by the New York State Education Department with the cooperation of the University of the State of New York, is a curriculum guide for elementary science (grade 4-6). This guide is organized around 6 large subject areas: (1) Living things; (2) Our growing bodies; (3) Air, water and weather; (4) The earth and its…

School subjects do not hold an equally secure position in any educational system. Some subjects are required of all children, some are required of only some children, and some are not required at all. It is the task of this paper to show how people talk about subjects with respect to their place in the school curriculum. The social valuing of…

Using a case study approach, this paper examines how science and social studies curriculum materials are used in the elementary classroom. The major questions of interest to the study are: What differences in curriculum materials use and classroom activity patterns are evident when old programs are replaced with new ones? To what extent do…

The 12 lessons presented in this guide are structured so that they may be integrated into science lessons in 7th-, 8th-, or 9th-grades. Suggestions are made for extension of study. Lessons are approached through classroom role-playing of outer space visitors who seek to understand energy conversion principles used on Earth. Major emphasis is…

Presented is a list of behavioral objectives which can be used to evaluate mastery of the competency of students in junior high school science and senior high school biology. These competencies were prepared by the School District of Philadelphia. The lists are comprehensive and coded for easy reference. (CS)

REPORTED ARE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOULDER CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS, SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSION ON COLLEGE PHYSICS. PART I OF THIS REPORT IS AN INTRODUCTION EXPLAINING THE CONFERENCE. PART II CONTAINS EXPANDED COURSE OUTLINES OF PHYSICS COURSES FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE GROUP BY SEVEN PARTICIPATING…

Described is a course on technology for undergraduate, non-technical students at the University of Utah. The course is designed to acquaint the students with the effects of technology and technological change on lifestyles and the issues which, when they arise, will require decision-making by intelligent citizenry. Materials necessary for…

Included are two sections contributing to understanding of the model: (1) Orientation; and (2) Content Specifications. The model is intended to provide the user with a frame of reference within which to formulate and plan environmental education and training products which: (1) develop grade K-9 natural science teachers' understanding of…

This EPIE report contains parallel, common language descriptions of 26 life, physical, and earth science offerings for junior high school students from nine commercial publishers. Materials have been designed for one-year courses and have copyright dates from 1975-1980. Information for each program is presented under the following headings: (1)…

This text is the first of a series of six bilingual handbooks especially designed for the Indochinese student in American high schools. Five of the supplements are in Vietnamese and each deals with a specific subject-area: chemisty, physics, biology, mathematics or U.S. history. The sixth book is in Khmer and is a supplement for U.S. history. The…

THIS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, A ONE-YEAR COURSE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SEEKS TO REMEDY LONG-STANDING INADEQUACIES IN AMERICAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, WHICH HAVE EXISTED BECAUSE ENGINEERING TEACHERS' HAVE LACKED AWARENESS OF (1) INTRICACIES OF THE LEARNING PROCESS, AND (2) ADVANCES IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RELATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. IN THE…

THIS VOLUME PROVIDES THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WITH A GUIDE TO THE REORGANIZED SCIENCE CURRICULUM OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE MATERIALS ARE INTENDED TO BE AUGMENTED AND REVISED AS THE NEED ARISES. A CHART INDICATES CONCEPTS TO BE TAUGHT IN GRADES K-3 FOR EACH OF THE FOUR AREAS AROUND WHICH THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED. THE AREAS ARE (1) THE…

An attempt was made to examine three of the existing science curriculum materials for elementary schools and establish the necessary competencies of teachers who can teach them, using the 1970 guidelines proposed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for pre-service preparation in science for elementary school teachers. The…

A project to develop an automated index of information about existing computerized instruction in the health sciences is reported and described. Methods of obtaining and indexing materials for the catalog are detailed. Entry and recovery techniques and selection of descriptors are described. Results to date show that the data base contains…