The goal of this study is to further corroborate a hypothesized population parameter for the frequencies of social presence versus the sum of teaching presence and cognitive presence as defined by the community of inquiry model in higher education asynchronous course forums. This parameter has been found across five variables: academic institution…

Achievement scores of Israeli high school students using Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) materials were shown to be significantly higher than those for students using another curriculum. (MLH)

This study developed and validated an inventory to measure students' attitudes toward and interest in laboratory work in high school chemistry. Factor analysis provided some evidence that interest in and attitude towards laboratory work in high school chemistry is not unidimensional, as it has been assumed to be. (BT)

Activities in 31 Israeli high school biology and 4 college-level laboratories in first and second years of medical school were analyzed using the Classroom Observation Instruments. Percentages of time spent in pre-lab discussion (problem identification, instructions); lab-work (identifying investigation components, responding to students,…

A sample of eighth grade Israeli pupils was interviewed to assess their understanding of some aspects of the particle model of matter. Results show that a significant position of the sample failed to internalize important aspects of the model. Reinforcement of these aspects in pupils' ongoing learning is recommended. (HM)

Two groups of tenth-grade Israeli students were instructed in Chemistry using either films or laboratory experiments. Results of this study show that the films were an effective substitute for students' individual laboratory work. (MLH)

Israeli tenth-grade students completed a chemistry laboratory course by either performing the experiments or by viewing films of the experiments. Among the results of an attitude test given to both groups was that students find personalized laboratory more effective than films in promoting their interest in chemistry. (MLH)

Reviews activities of the Amos De-Shalit Science Teaching Center in Israel, established to promote and improve the teaching of science in Israel. (SL)

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…

Reports study of achievement of ninth and tenth grade level students in Israel City, Kibbuts, and agricultural schools during 1966-68. Mean test scores on adopted BSCS Yellow Version topices attained by 549 BSCS students are signigicantly higher than those by 456 non-BSCS students. (JM)

The relationship of certain teacher background variables to their attitudes priorities, expectations, and instructional practices regarding botany and zoology was investigated. Teachers were grouped into three categories: botanists, zoologists, and neutrals; the academic achievement of the students of the teachers in the three categories was…

Investigated was the adequacy of a teaching-learning model for improving the level of achievement and attitudes of culturally deprived children in heterogeneous classes, while offering adequate learning opportunity to those who were not deprived. A seventh grade biology course on aquatic zoo ecology was developed for this model. (Author/HM)

Respondents' awareness of the problems involved with using anthropomorphic statements in secondary biology instruction was acute in the science education group, but progressively less so with the teachers, the scientists, and the prospective teachers. It was recommended that all persons connected with science teaching become more aware of the…