Reports study of achievement differences among second grade children through use of visual perception training for introfactor transfer prior to study of the "Relativity of Position and Motion" Unit, Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Achievement is attributed to perceptual training in identical elements and to stimulating…

"Draw-A-Scientist Test" was administered to 4807 students (grades K-5) to determine age when children first develop distinct images of scientists. Also examined influence of population variables (socio-economic class, intelligence, sex, Anglophone/Francophone culture) on formation of the image and stereotype variations which may indicate…

Compares elementary school science curricula in Japan, Thailand, the Republic of Korea and the Philippines. Tables summarize data for some of these countries concerning general characteristics of the curricular design, general objectives of elementary and secondary science curricula, teaching units covered, and hierarchy of process skills. (CS)

We focus on the concept of matter and explore how young children in urban schools bridge their spontaneous concepts and everyday experiences with scientific concepts introduced to them by children's literature information books and their teacher. The study shows how material artifacts used in a sorting activity became ideational tools--semiotic…

Although reading is a critical part of science and science learning, it is no longer a part of many children's elementary science instruction. This is of concern because girls often develop strong identities as readers, but do not develop scientific identities with ease. In this study, we investigate girls' science reading to know (1) if science…

Evaluates a method for teaching hypothesis formation to sixth-grade children. Results showed that hypothesis formation can be taught under the described conditions, and that the ability to hypothesize correlates with intelligence, sex, reading ability, and grade point average. (MLH)

Reports on a national survey conducted to determine priorities in ocean science study as identified by oceanographers. The priority determinations gave equal weight to relevance and academic importance of ocean problems. (Author/GS)

One of a series (see SE 511 541, 543, and 544) of articles dealing with views of individual science educators concerning the future of secondary science education as exemplified by developments at the individual's college or university. Briefly described in this paper are some developments at Governors State University which serves an urban,…

Presents a student centered science curriculum model utilizing inquiry strategy and language rich experiences to develop student skills of questioning, thinking, speaking, listening, and reading. (SL)

Reports on a study to determine if teachers presenting science classes to more than one elementary class use different teaching practices than do those teachers who teach only their own class. (SL)

Attempts to redefine science education as "the interface between science and society" are critically examined and rejected. Authors support the definition that science education is a discipline devoted to discovering, developing, and evaluating improved methods and materials to teach science (the quest for knowledge and the knowledge…

Defends the definition of science education as the interface of science and society, pointing out the fallacies of an alternative definition promulgated by Good, Herron, Lawson, and Renner who, in a previous article (SE 537 615) examined and rejected the science/society interface definition in favor of their own definition. (DH)