This paper reports a study to develop a measure that would determine behaviors teachers predict they would use while teaching elementary school science. The Predicted Role Measure (PRM) consisted of a motion picture film and a response packet. After observing nine scenes from the film, the participating teachers recorded their predicted behaviors.…

This publication, concerned with the teaching of science in open classrooms or informal educational settings, contains four papers: "But Is It Science?" by Lillian Weber; "The Common Roots of Science" by Nathan Isaacs; "Curriculum with a Difference" by Eleanor Duckworth; and "Making a Start," Nuffield Junior…

Reported is an evaluation of the Child-Structured Learning in Science (CSLS) Curriculum using the intellectual models of Piaget and Guilford. A cognitive test instrument was designed to measure cognition of figural classes (CFC), convergent production of figural classes (NFC), evaluation of figural classes (EFC), cognition of figural relations…

This document is the final report of a project on performance-based materials for use in an elementary science education teacher training program developed by personnel at Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. The materials developed in this project were designed to provide instruction and practice relative to certain…

This collection of teaching units is one of three volumes designed to assist teachers in bringing relevant, interdisciplinary, environmental learning experiences to elementary students. This first volume is aimed at the K-2 level and deals with the immediate environment of the student. Titles of the nine units presented are: Preparing for Seasonal…

This second of three volumes designed to bring relevant, interdisciplinary, environmental learning experiences to elementary students is written for grades 3 and 4 and is concerned with the student's local environment. Titles of the 10 units included in this volume are: The School Lawn; The Vacant Lot; Giants on the Land: Trees in Our Environment;…

The third of this series of three volumes on interdisciplinary environmental learning experiences for elementary students is aimed at grades 5 and 6 and deals with the comunity environment of the student. Titles of the eight units included in this volume are: Probleem Solving; How to Plan a Clean-up Campaign in the Local Community; Scars upon the…

This workbook contains experiments categorized in three levels: elementary, intermediate, and high school. At each level an avenue of study in the area of air, water, noise, and solid waste is suggested. The concept being studied, the needed equipment, and the procedures are specified for each experiment. A high school social studies activity and…

This investigation presents a comparative study between a classroom atmosphere conducive to inquiry, with teachers considered qualified for this type of teaching, and the more formal didactic lecture-demonstration type teaching (traditional), with teachers judged to be particularly competent in this approach. The sample consisted of 582 pupils…

Reported is a study that compares the achievement of seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade subjects who are presented a science principle with an instruction sequence of two programed-instruction films and two review booklets. Studied was the ability of students to (1) exclude irrelevant variables, (2) study rule learning given the opportunity to…

This conservation curriculum guide contains units on the air, water, soil, plants, and animals. The guide is organized by grade levels--kindergarten, primary, intermediate. Objectives and concepts are listed and suggested activities are complete with a statement of procedure and necessary materials. A resource appendix includes books, films, and…

A review of 402 documents at all school levels is presented to identify current trends in science education research studies. The documents are limited to journal articles, dissertation abstracts, and abstracted reports, primarily appearing in 1970. Nature of the research conducted is analyzed in terms of curriculum improvement projects, learning…

Reported is an evaluation of a planetarium curriculum for elementary students at the primary level in terms of student behavior. Five sub-problems were investigated which related to which concepts could be learned by the planetarium-experience and which concepts were retained after a two-week time lapse. The One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design was…

Reported is a study on the problem-solving skills of sixth-grade students. Three curricula were utilized in the study: Science - A Process Approach (SAPA), the Laidlaw textbook series, and the Environmental Studies (ES) Project materials. Twenty-seven teachers in eight schools participated. Each of the teachers taught one of the three curricula.…

Reported is a teacher-developed project in individualized instruction in elementary science made up of a re-organization of existing curriculum materials with a four theme framework - Energy, Matter, Life and the Universe. This program is based on the assumption that freedom and activity will lead to new understanding in science through discovery…