Reports favorable results of a process-promoting curriculum installation endeavor, involving time allotment increases, improvement of exercise teaching, pupil acquisition of desired behaviors and skills, and changes in teacher attitudes toward curricula and teaching styles. The use of a professor-consultant in elementary curriculum implementation…

Determined was the effectiveness of integrating industrial arts activities with the teaching of science in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Lessons plans and a list of related industrial arts activities were developed to enhance student achievement in the areas of electricity and machines by integrating related industrial arts activities with…

A training program that allows scientists and educators to experiment with new ways to improve student performance in science and mathematics is described. Scientists and educators are encouraged to work together to develop projects for in-service education and projects that can be worked on by students in the laboratory. (KR)

Advances in science and technology, information in philosophy and psychology, and changes in society have placed different demands on science education than was the case in the 1960's. Post-Sputnik era curricula in science were organized to reflect the structure of the discipline and were aimed primarily at encouraging students to pursue science…

Described and summarized are the results of a program designed to improve the intellectual, academic, and linguistic functioning of children in a linguistically and culturally mixed setting. The program, Multicultural Improvement of Cognitive Abilities (MICA), was installed and supported by project staff in nine participating classrooms under two…