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Peer reviewedYager, Robert E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Visits to six school districts which were identified by the National Science Teachers Association's Search for Excellence program were made during 1983 by teams of 17 researchers. Their reports were analyzed in search for common characteristics that can explain the requirements necessary for excellent science programs. These characteristics are…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education
Peer reviewedYager, Robert E.; Penick, John E. – Science Teacher, 1989
Reports on research modeled after the studies of the National Assessment of Educational Progress which sought to acquire data on student perceptions about science programs. Indicates that student attitudes are not as negative in exemplary schools as they are in randomly chosen schools. (RT)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Science Instruction
Download full textBrunkhorst, Bonnie J. – 1989
Recent efforts of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have encouraged research between university researchers and classroom science teachers. In 1987 a longitudinal teacher research partners study was begun by the Middle and Junior High Division of NSTA and The…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Excellence in Education
