This issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of individual analysis, instruction, cognitive development, and Piagetian studies. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an…

This issue of "Investigations in Science Education," provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of instruction, Piagetian studies, and teacher education. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an abstractor's analysis…

Included in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" are 10 abstracts all related to instruction. The articles relate to topics such as process skill acquisition, reading, grouping and pacing, inquiry and hunch generation, use of the metric system, and classroom management. Each abstract-analysis includes biographical data,…

Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of nine articles which report research in the areas of cognitive development, learning, instruction, and scientific literacy. Each abstract contains bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and the abstractor's critical analysis of the…

This issue of "Investigations In Science Education" (ISE) contains abstracts and critical analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports published in professional journals. The 11 reports discussed involve instruction, problem solving, process skill development, teacher education and behavior, and attitudes. Each abstract includes…

This issue provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports. Two clusters of research are investigated. The first cluster, Piagetian Studies, contains seven studies which reflect a current trend in science education. The second cluster, Inservice Education, contains two studies which examine the outcomes of…

This fourth issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, the research design and procedure used by the investigators including data, purpose,…

This issue provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports. The analyses are grouped into three clusters plus three additional analyses. The first cluster, Methods and Materials, contains three studies. The second cluster, Development of Observational Skills in Children, contains three studies. The third cluster,…

This issue provides abstracts and analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports in three areas of investigation. The first area is cognitive development. Three of the five studies presented in this area are Piagetian in nature. The second group contains four studies dealing with attitudes and values. And the third area,…

This issue of "Investigations in Science Education" contains abstracts and critical analyses of eight articles grouped into three topical areas: (1) instrument development; (2) attitude studies; and (3) achievement. In addition, it also contains a response to the analysis of an article included in a prior issue. Each abstract-analysis…

Included in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" are 9 abstracts and critical analyses of articles published in professional journals by science educators of research reports in the areas of instruction, teacher education and learning. Each abstract-analysis includes biographical data, research design and procedure, purpose,…

Issue four of the fifth volume of "Investigations in Science Education" contains six reports of research articles related to instruction and four individual studies. The individual studies concern correlates of choice for educational opportunities for high school students, the use of a structured interview technique to assess children's concepts,…

This issue contains copies of the five principal addresses given at the 1979 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. The five papers speak to the theme of the meeting "The Impact of Learning Paradigms on Teaching and Research." Titles of the papers and their authors are: "The Implications of…

This issue provides abstracts and analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports in two areas of investigation. The first, student characteristics, includes three reports which deal with student interests, attitudes, and values. The second, teacher characteristics, also contains three reports. These studies deal with teachers'…