The purpose of the study reported herein was to identify the important aspects of statistical knowledge that students in the middle school grades in United States are expected to learn as well as what the teachers are expected to teach. A systematic study of 49 states standards and one set of national standards was used to identify these important…

Discusses the characteristics and appropriate uses of objectives in teaching and argues that non-behavioral objectives (like behavioral objectives) are a valuable educational tool. (JR)

Attempts to define the characteristics of an adequate general education program in environmental problem solving and speculates as to the role of science understandings'' in the development of this problem-solving facility. (Author/DF)

The author criticizes brief, vague educational goals and advocates broad, unambiguous objectives stated in terms of student behavior. (CP)

A program is proposed for teaching statistics and probability to elementary school children. Task analysis is used to determine concept sequence and detailed behavioral objectives are specified. (CR)

Describes the steps involved in using the "principles" approach in teaching science, illustrates the process of using science principles with an example relating to rock formation, and discusses the relevance of this approach to contemporary trends in science teaching. (JR)

The study indicated that evaluation of curriculum in elementary schools can be facilitated greatly if behavioral tasks are used as criteria for measurement. Experimental subjects who received process oriented instruction achieved significantly higher scores on desired outcomes than did control subjects who received content oriented instruction.…