The success of an inservice program was evaluated by comparing and analyzing the results of tests administered to 11 participating (experimental group) and 15 non-participating (reference group) science teachers. Data on the improvement of preparation of the participants were obtained from the results of the Test on Understanding Science, a…

PACEREPORT, established under terms of an ESEA Title III grant from the U. S. Office of Education to the Owensboro City Schools, Owensboro, Kentucky, is published to provide Title III project directors with a continuing source of news and information on educational innovation. This issue concentrates on 8 specific inservice case studies including…

This publication consists of materials that can be used to evaluate teacher inservice workshops in terms of participant reactions. An evaluation form is completed by workshop participants, and summary scores are tallied. The publication consists of (a) an introduction, (b) the participants' evaluation of inservice teacher workshops form, (c) tally…

This document contains a report of the University of California, Irvine, and Golden West College Cooperative Science Improvement Project (UCI/GWC Project) which was designed to address two major problems: (1) the difficulty faced by community college biology teachers in keeping pace with developments in their field and (2) the problem of conveying…

Presented is a summary of the current state of science teacher education based on questionnaire responses gathered in 1972 from American and Canadian colleges and universities. The document consists of four sections. The first three sections are concerned with programs and courses offered for K-12, elementary, and secondary school teachers. A…

Analyzed in this study was whether changes in teaching style, in a direction in keeping with the rationale of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), would occur as a result of an inservice training and implementation program. Instruments used in the study included the Test on Understanding Science (TOUS) and the Scientific Attitude…

The State University of New York College of Cortland received the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award for its Project Change, a performance-based early childhood teacher education program. Also cited for distinguished achievement were a) Teachers College of Ball State University, Indiana for an experimental program designed to include…

Data were collected on rate-per-minute of administering token reinforcement for one male and seven female teachers enrolled in a behavior modification seminar. The study was conducted in four self-contained and four open classrooms. In the observer-present condition, data were obtained during 15-minute classroom observation periods. In the…

Describes the purposes of the Center for Science Education at the University of Oslo as follows: to give help and advice to acting teachers; to make the staff at the university more aware of the needs and problems of the schools. Outlines the activities involved in fulfilling these purposes. (GS)

Provides excerpts from the task force report which proposes the use of individual professional development plans and calls for strengthening the bonds between elementary and secondary music educators and college faculty. (JDH)

A brief discussion of why it is important for adult education teachers to have in-service training. (HB)

Student demands have brought significant innovation in the French educational system. The author comments upon the approaches which France is using in training its secondary school teachers. (Author/RK)

To evaluate the impact of the Law in American Society curriculum project in a large city school district, three groups of teachers were chosen and their effectiveness rated. First, teachers who took an intensive four week summer training program; second, a group they tutored; and last, a control group with no advance training. (JB)

Reports on the progress of an inter-consultant program involving Indiana University and the Monroe County Schools, Indiana. In this program a doctoral student in science education works during the course of an academic year with teachers of a particular school. The program appears to be effective in bringing about change in elementary school…