In this study an experimental test was constructed requiring high school students in introductory physics to use graphic rather than verbal skills in identifying relational concepts of physics. The effectiveness of the test was examined using both traditional and contemporary-PSSC (Physical Science Study Committee) physics. Two hundred twenty-six…

The purpose of this study was to compare the level of concept attainment achieved by students enrolled in a Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics course with that achieved by students enrolled in a traditional high school physics course. A sample of 265 PSSC students and 219 enrolled in the traditional course participated. The instrument…

This study compared the achievement and attitudes of twelfth-grade PSSC physics students when they were given lists of behavioral objectives as compared to when they were not given these lists prior to instruction. Five classes of students were involved, one class remaining a control group throughout the 20-week experiment. Students were…

Reported is an exploratory investigation to identify predictors of the variance of measure of high school students' willingness to become involved in science and their perception of the scientist. The study was prompted by three factors: (1) declining high school physics enrollments; (2) research revealing high school students have negative…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Physics Curriculum Project developed by the Science Education Center of the University of the Philippines on student achievement. The sample was formed of senior high school students. The subjects were divided into four groups according to the combinations of curriculum materials and…

Factors related to the decisions of schools to adopt or not adopt an innovation in science education were studied. The investigations tested a five-factor model of the adoption process which was developed by the author and others during a previous investigation. Data were collected from a sample of 219 American physics teachers who had attended…

This study was designed to determine experimentally the relationship between achievement and grade level for 64 tenth-grade students, 48 eleventh-grade students, and 95 twelfth-grade physics students. All students were enrolled in the Project Physics course in their respective schools. The Physics Achievement Test (PAT) and the algebra I and II…

The problem in this investigation was to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean level of achievement in Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics between students using autoinstructional materials, supervised by a physics teacher, and students studying PSSC physics without such materials, under the guidance of a physics…

In order to study the mechanism of student interest in a physical science course when the majority of students were interested in fields other than science, a system of measuring instruments was applied for detection of significant differences between two teaching methods used for this course. The study utilized the measured responses of 105…

The purpose of this study was to prepare a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate the objectives dealing with the behaviors expected in Part 1 of the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics course. There were six phases to the study: (1) identification of the processes, (2) selection thereof, (3) construction of instrument, (4) pilot…

The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to answer the question of which abilities, from a selected set of 12 abilities from the structure-of-intellect model of Guilford, were related to achievement in Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics, and, second, to determine how the physics achievement prediction properties of these…