This issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of teacher education and instruction. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an abstractor's analysis of the…

This third issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, purpose, rationale, research design and procedure, findings and interpretations as well…

This first issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE) is designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and is intended to aid in the improvement of writing research reports. The analyses are intended to provide useful comments and suggestions and to serve as a device which might be used for training in the writing of…

This second issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, purpose, rationale, research design and procedure, findings and interpretations as…

This issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE) provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of individual analysis, instruction, cognitive development, and Piagetian studies. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an…

This issue of "Investigations in Science Education," provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports in the areas of instruction, Piagetian studies, and teacher education. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an abstractor's analysis…

Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of fourteen research reports. The abstracts are grouped in three clusters: teacher characteristics and behaviors, student characteristics and behaviors, and instruction. Each abstract includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and an…

Included in this issue of "Investigations in Science Education" are 10 abstracts all related to instruction. The articles relate to topics such as process skill acquisition, reading, grouping and pacing, inquiry and hunch generation, use of the metric system, and classroom management. Each abstract-analysis includes biographical data,…

Presented are analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of nine articles which report research in the areas of cognitive development, learning, instruction, and scientific literacy. Each abstract contains bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and the abstractor's critical analysis of the…

This issue of "Investigations In Science Education" (ISE) contains abstracts and critical analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports published in professional journals. The 11 reports discussed involve instruction, problem solving, process skill development, teacher education and behavior, and attitudes. Each abstract includes…

This issue provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports. Two clusters of research are investigated. The first cluster, Piagetian Studies, contains seven studies which reflect a current trend in science education. The second cluster, Inservice Education, contains two studies which examine the outcomes of…

This fourth issue of INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, the research design and procedure used by the investigators including data, purpose,…

This issue provides analytical abstracts, prepared by science educators, of research reports. The analyses are grouped into three clusters plus three additional analyses. The first cluster, Methods and Materials, contains three studies. The second cluster, Development of Observational Skills in Children, contains three studies. The third cluster,…

This issue provides abstracts and analyses, prepared by science educators, of research reports in three areas of investigation. The first area is cognitive development. Three of the five studies presented in this area are Piagetian in nature. The second group contains four studies dealing with attitudes and values. And the third area,…

This issue of "Investigations in Science Education" contains 9 articles related to teacher education and a single study reporting the investigation of questioning styles used in high school biology textbooks. Each abstract, written by a science educator, includes bibliographical data, research design and procedure, purpose, research rationale, and…