In 1972, the Ministry of Education in the Republic of China gave the Taiwan Provincial Institute for Elementary School Teachers Inservice Education primary responsibility for research and development (R&D) for all elementary school curricula. The project in science and mathematics was carried out in two phases. Phase I, R&D, has five…

This paper compares the old and new curricula of elementary mathematics and natural science in the Republic of China. This study, as the second phase of an evaluation period, tested a sample of the students while they were in the ninth grade and compared them to students who received the old curricula during their elementary studies. The data were…

The purpose of this study was to identify whether the strategy of using hands-on science process skills training in an elementary science methods course was effective in: (1) reducing preservice elementary teachers' (PETs') anxiety about teaching hands-on science activities, and (2) changing PETs' concerns about teaching hands-on science…