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Download full textBlosser, Patricia E. – 1989
This digest focuses on the impact of the educational reform movement on science education. Topics reviewed are: (1) "What is the message of educational reform?"; (2) "What changes have occurred?" listing increasing graduation requirements and lengthening schooling; (3) "Have educational reform efforts improved…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Yager, Robert E.; Blosser, Patricia E. – 1991
The reform of elementary and secondary school science education in the United States has received renewed attention with the publication of several science reform documents and the 1989 Education Summit sponsored by the nation's governors and President Bush. This digest reviews documents which focus on the reform of science education and projects…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Minority Groups
Meng, Elizabeth; Doran, Rodney L. – 1993
While the 1960s and 1970s came to be known as the era of curriculum development in science, it appears that the 1980s and the 1990s will be known as the time of curriculum development with strengthened attention to implementation and evaluation. This book examines the assessment of elementary school science and provides numerous examples of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Measurement
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
