This was a quantified study on the learning of certain theoretical topics in general chemistry as influenced by two methods of visual technique (single concept films, overhead projections). Four classes of chemistry students (non-science majors) registered in sections on a random basis, participated. Objective, multiple choice tests on each of the…

It was the purpose of this study to determine the status of physics teaching in Montana secondary public schools in 1972-73. The results of the investigation were compared to earlier studies to determine the progress that had been made in physics since 1959. The study concentrated on teaching objectives and such external factors as enrollment in…

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of an individualized earth science course designed as a general education course for nonscience majors at the University of Dubuque. The population of students consisted of all freshman and sophomore nonscience majors who entered the university in 1969 and 1970 as full-time students. The…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of secondary science teachers toward inquiry teaching strategy and to identify characteristics common to teachers expressing favorable attitudes toward this concept. Two instruments were developed to conduct this study. The Inquiry Science Teaching Strategy (ISTS), a Likert-type summated…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the duties and work load, formal education, experiential background, and job mobility of instructors of physical and biological sciences in publicity-supported junior and community colleges. The survey instruments were returned by 366 instructors in 70 institutions in 31 states. Among the findings were:…

The purpose of the study was to obtain information relevant to the practices, policies, and conditions related to the teaching of science in the public secondary schools. Subproblems investigated selected material characteristics, selected teacher characteristics as they related to science teachers, to the selection of specific learning…

This study was designed to determine if students taking junior high school science would receive greater understanding and retention of science principles and procedures from the Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) than would students taught grneral science via the lecture-demonstration method. No attempt was made to group the students (28 in…

Twelve sections of students and three instructors were used in this study in which inquiry was examined in the context of two teaching methods. The conventional or traditional method used traditional laboratory exercises as the main format. This was considered the control method. An extended laboratory method with the student choosing his problem…

Reported is an investigation to determine if changes in college students' understanding of the nature of science and in critical thinking result from modifying a "traditional," general education, laboratory, physical science course. The criterion instruments were the Test on Understanding Science (TOUS), Form W; the Wisconsin Inventory of Science…

The aims of the study were: (1) to identify components of student-centered inquiry teaching and to develop methodology to determine the extent to which these components are found in classrooms, and (2) to investigate the correlates of those components for which measures were developed. Instruments included a Biology Activity Report completed by a…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of teachers' pupil control ideology, dogmatism, and the type of instructional system employed on changes in student curiosity behaviors and the diversity of problems chosen by students for study during a Laboratory Exploration in Biology (LEIB). Students and teachers were selected from…

This study compared two different laboratory programs in a physical science course for nonscience majors. One program, Program X, centered around a continuing experiment where the students themselves attempted to function as a team of scientists. Program Y was a direct examination of scientists and their work by having the students study reports…

In this study an experimental test was constructed requiring high school students in introductory physics to use graphic rather than verbal skills in identifying relational concepts of physics. The effectiveness of the test was examined using both traditional and contemporary-PSSC (Physical Science Study Committee) physics. Two hundred twenty-six…

The purpose of this study was to compare the level of concept attainment achieved by students enrolled in a Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics course with that achieved by students enrolled in a traditional high school physics course. A sample of 265 PSSC students and 219 enrolled in the traditional course participated. The instrument…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree to which teacher identified noncollege bound high school biology students have developed the ability to identify and to apply selected princepts of biology. To investigate this a multiple-choice test was developed that measured the ability to identify and apply selected princepts of biology.…