Describes students' responses to three attitude measuring instruments which were further analyzed with cognitive achievement and census figures as variables. Concludes the presence of a generally positive disposition and its dependence on knowledge possession and parents' education. (CC)

Describes a course teaching planetary science to elementary school students in collaboration with a university. Chronicles how a partnership between an elementary school teacher and a university-based research scientist effectively shaped the teacher's understanding of values and attitudes inherent in science education. Presents a model for…

Explores two ways of critically examining scientific knowledge in the context of a current socioscientific dispute: the unsterilized spacecraft in NASA's Galileo Mission to Jupiter. (PR)