This third 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, purpose, rationale, research design and procedure, findings and interpretations as well as detailed notes offered by the abstractor. Articles included in ISE are selected primarily from such sources as professional journals and reports of government-funded projects. Abstracts in this issue relate to such topic areas as evaluation of elementary science curricula utilizing behavioral tasks, effectiveness of audio-tutorial instruction, effectiveness of tutorial computer-assisted instruction, effect of verbalizers on achievement of non-verbalizers in an enquiry classroom, and a study of verbal behavior patterns in primary grade classrooms during science activities. (EB)