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Jones, M. G.; Andre, T.; Kubasko, D.; Bokinsky, A.; Tretter, T.; Negishi, A.; Taylor, R.; Superfine, R. – Science Education, 2004
This study examined hands-on experiences in the context of an investigation of viruses and explored how and why hands-on experiences may be effective. We sought to understand whether or not touching and manipulating materials and objects could lead to a deeper, more effective type of knowing than that we obtain from sight or sound alone. Four…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Scientific Research, Educational Technology, Hands on Science
Lazarowitz, Reuven; Bloch, Ilit – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate how aware high school biology teachers are of societal issues (values, moral, ethic, and legal issues) while teaching genetics, genetics engineering, molecular genetics, human heredity, and evolution. The study includes a short historical review of World War II atrocities during the Holocaust when…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Social Problems, Biology, Science Instruction
Teachers' Journal Club: Bridging between the Dynamics of Biological Discoveries and Biology Teachers
Brill, Gilat; Falk, Hedda; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Biological Education, 2003
Since biology is one of the most dynamic research fields within the natural sciences, the gap between the accumulated knowledge in biology and the knowledge that is taught in schools, increases rapidly with time. Our long-term objective is to develop means to bridge between the dynamics of biological discoveries and the biology teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Clubs, Biology

Pigg, R. Morgan, Jr., Ed. – Eta Sigma Gamma Monograph Series, 1994
This monograph contains 13 papers on the ethics of planning, conducting, and reporting research in health sciences education. It includes four background papers and nine perspective papers. The titles are: (1) "The Imperative for Ethical Conduct in Scientific Inquiry" (Steve M. Dorman); (2) "Fundamental Principles of Ethical…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Clinics, Codes of Ethics, College Students
Farmer, Mike – 1992
This guide is intended to be a manual for directing students in the formal presentation of science-project research. Because the results of science research are expected to be presented in an understandable form that persuades the reader that the conclusions drawn from the experimentation are correct, it is important that students follow…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Expository Writing, High School Students, High Schools
Snodgrass, Gwendolyn L. – 1991
According to the medical research community that attempts to define the scope of fraud, biomedical fraud includes such phenomena as salami science, which is the practice of dividing a project into a number of brief publications, called least publishable units; autoplagiarism, the practice of writing up the same study in a variety of forms and…
Descriptors: Cheating, Codes of Ethics, Ethics, Faculty Publishing
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. Pacific Region. – 1989
This booklet contains all of the information necessary to conduct and administer the annual Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DODDS) Pacific Region Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at the school level. Students are invited to conduct original experimental research in the sciences, mathematics, humanities and computer applications…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Guidelines, Humanities, Mathematical Applications
Raskin, Marcus G.; And Others – 1987
In this volume, physicists and social scientists challenge the bedrock of scientific thinking whose applications can prove destructive to existing social systems, and shift the debate to the need for a radical change of direction that would replace traditional "value-free" inquiry and research with a knowledge model that incorporates…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Culture Conflict, Economic Change, Economic Impact
Montoya, Ricardo Anzaldua, Ed.; And Others – 1984
The fourth annual research inventory describes 728 Mexican-related research projects being conducted in 1984 or to begin in 1985 in 14 countries. Data come from questionnaires sent during 1984 to more than 1,800 individual researchers and 650 institutions around the world. Each project description provides names and addresses of principal and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Educational Research
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
The National Sea Grant College Program was established in 1966 to create a network of colleges and universities with rigorous programs in marine education and research. Provided in these hearings are testimony and written statements related to authorizing appropriations for the program for fiscal years 1984, 1985, and 1986. Major program…
Descriptors: College Science, Environmental Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Human Resources. – 1979
Recent and anticipated declines in openings for new science and engineering faculty are examined, along with recommendations for national policies to counteract this. It is suggested that the decline stems from two key sources: an absence of growth in total faculty size, and low rates of retirement among present tenured faculty. The extent of the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Opportunities, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
BRAINARD, ROBERT W. – 1967
THIS BULLETIN, PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY, REPORTS THE CURRENT LITERATURE IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY. THE COVERAGE ENCOMPASSES BOTH "POLICY FOR SCIENCE" AND "SCIENCE FOR POLICY" MATTERS. SCIENCE IS USED TO DENOTE ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE. THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN STUDYING, FORMULATING,…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1976
The review of social and behavioral science programs supported by the National Science Foundation recommends improvements in program substance and management. Sixteen social and behavioral scientists who are or have been grantees under Foundation programs served on the review committee. They examined more than 150 documents pertaining to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Financial Policy, Financial Support

Chemical and Engineering News, 1987
Discusses state of chemistry education and new technologies. Reviews recent history of undergraduate chemistry education. Enumerates technologies applicable to chemistry fields. Suggests changes in science courses in higher education. Discusses plans of the National Science Foundation (NSF) stressing funding in chemistry education and chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science, Development

Palovecz, Janos – Higher Education in Europe, 1985
Hungary's plans and objectives for higher education development are summarized regarding the function of higher education, the length of training programs, the educational process, scientific research, teacher and student characteristics, institutional cooperation, financial conditions, and institutional management. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Role, Educational Change, Educational Planning