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Download full textBlosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – 1980
This issue of Investigations in Science Education (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of individual differences, instruction, cognitive development, anq inservice teacher education. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Individual Differences, Inservice Teacher Education, Research
Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed.; Blosser, Patricia E., Ed. – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Steiner, Robert L., Ed. – 1979
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…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Critiques of 10 articles reporting research studies focused on various aspects of attitude development in science education and of six research articles related to investigations of learning and cognitive development are contained in this issue. Seven of the attitude articles describe investigations designed to change the attitudes of both…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1988
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of 10 published research reports related to curriculum, instruction, problem solving and teacher education are presented. Aspects addressed in the studies include: (1) verbal aptitude and the use of study questions; (2) the treatment of evolution in biology textbooks; (3) descriptions of characteristics of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1984
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of 10 studies related to one or more aspects of teacher education and 2 studies in a "miscellaneous" category. Analyses in the first section (teacher education) are on studies of: the use of wait-time and its effect on science achievement; teacher competencies; the influence of teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1984
Presented are abstracts and abstractors' analyses of eight studies related to teacher education and two studies related to the nature of science. Analyses in the area of teacher education are on studies of: attitudes of elementary teachers in Trinidad and Tobago (P. Fraser-Abder and R. Shrigley); educators' categorizations of different models of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1987
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of ten articles dealing with various aspects of teacher education are presented in this journal issue. Studies reviewed focused on: (1) preservice secondary science teachers' understanding of the nature of science; (2) laboratory teaching skills; (3) science backgrounds of elementary teachers; (4) use of…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Abstractor's analyses of 15 science education research studies are presented in three sections. The nine analyses in the first section focus on studies dealing with preservice and inservice teacher education. Areas investigated in these studies include: effectiveness of some inservice practices; teachers' perceptions of the importance of some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Science
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1986
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of six science education research studies and six responses to critiques are presented in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE). Each of the studies addresses some aspects of teacher education. Areas investigated include: (1) effects of inservice training on student learning; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Science, Elementary School Teachers
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1983
Abstractor's analyses of 12 science education research studies are presented. Nine analyses in the first section, focusing on various aspects of science instruction, include: a comparison of different approaches to helping students understand metric units of volume; use of specific questions to cue elementary school students in obtaining…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – 1981
This issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of preservice and in-service teacher education for elementary and secondary science teachers; and in cognitive development of elementary and secondary school children. Each abstract…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, College Science, Elementary School Science
