This paper presents the results of a study that tabulated statistics concerning Indiana science teachers who had participated in NSF-sponsored educational programs. The study yielded 25 major conclusions, including the following: science teachers who had attended NSF-sponsored teacher education programs prior to the spring of 1973 tended to be…

This guide for the fiscal year 1976 is designed to provide summary information about programs funded by the National Science Foundation, and is intended as a source of general guidance for institutions and individuals interested in participating in these programs. Program listings describe the principal characteristics and basic purpose of each…

Summarizes some activities concerning chemistry education, including a brief report of the 1973 conference on teaching of pre-university courses, a statement about using plastics containers, a survey of mathematical skills in chemistry, discussions about the Nuffield Foundation 27th Report and the report "Science for the 13-16 Age Group." (CC)

Reorganization in the National Science Foundation's science education section is discussed. Personnel changes and changes in funding in 1990 are emphasized. (CW)

Reported is an effort to train mathematics and science teachers in Chicago, Illinois, to integrate mathematics and science and to concentrate on hands-on science participation. Support for the Academy for Mathematics and Science Teachers is discussed. (CW)

The 35th Annual Report of the National Science Foundation (NSF) describes recent achievements of NSF sponsored research in viral structure, semiconductors, genetic engineering, Mayan culture, astronomy, physiology, paleontology, robotics, physics, material science and pollution. Major 1985 initiatives included: (1) establishing six university…

The programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF), whose mission is to support basic research, science education, and general science literacy, should be seriously considered by two-year college science faculty and administrators as alternative sources of funding to accomplish institutional and personal objectives. The three divisions of NSF,…

This report describes a 1989 leadership round-table discussion at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in New York, which promotes emotional and intellectual linkages between people, especially children, to nature. The document includes the keynote remarks of three speakers along with some administrative guidelines for nature centers. Conservation…

THIS GUIDE TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SCIENCES IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE AND CONVENIENT REFERENCE FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, BRINGING TOGETHER WIDELY SCATTERED INFORMATION THAT HITHERTO HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. CHAPTER 1 DEALS EXCLUSIVELY WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE…

This report presents recommendations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to guide it in assessing its initiatives in science education. The report outlines appropriate goals, procedures, arrangements, and resources necessary to establish an effective set of assessment practices that build on existing assessment activities in the Foundation,…

In supporting science education, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is, in some instances, funding the enrichment experiences of individual students, but more often it is supporting efforts to improve complex, decentralized education systems. Many feel that the Foundation's best chance for success lies in a grant support strategy that targets…

This project is concerned with the development of procedures and plans for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use in assessing its initiatives on an ongoing basis. This work is meant to complement another review of NSF's investment opportunities by estabishing a sound basis for designing and carrying out assessments aimed at any of the…

This periodical contains a collection of articles and reports concerned with education and science in Germany. Two issues are comprised in this document. Articles focus on the following: (1) Germany's scientific and technical aid to developing nations; (2) an assessment of the German Comprehensive Schools (Gesamtschule), which are designed to…