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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?--The Place of Plants in School Science.
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Honey, John N. – Journal of Biological Education, 1987
Discusses the significance of plant science in general education curricula. Considers the importance of plant studies in relation to economic needs of society and educational needs of future scientists. Illustrates some broader issues including factors which influence the selection of topics which may be included in a syllabus. (CW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Biology, Botany, Curriculum Evaluation
Views on Science Policy of the 1983 U.S. Nobel Laureates in Science. Hearing before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session, March 8, 1984.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1985
Four of the 1983 United States Nobel laureates in science provided the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology with their views about the current state of American science and U.S. government science policy as well as comments on one or more aspects which they believed should be brought to the committee's attention. These…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Economics
Pupils' Ideas about Flowering Plants. Learning in Science Project (Primary). Working Paper No. 125.
Biddulph, Fred – 1984
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the ideas and interests children have about flowering plants (in particular whether these plants have a life cycle). Data were obtained from: individual interviews with children, ages 7- to 14-year-old (10 students for each age level), using the "interview-about-instances"…
Descriptors: Botany, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Plants. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 24.
Stead, Beverley – 1980
One area explored in the second (in-depth) phase of the Learning in Science Project was "children's science," defined as views of the world and the meanings for words that children have and bring with them to science lessons. The investigation reported focuses on the concept of "plant" held by 29 students. Data were obtained by…
Descriptors: Botany, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Endangered Species. IUCN Special Report: How and Why We Should Conserve Species.
IUCN Bulletin, 1987
Contains articles addressing the need to protect endangered species. Includes an introductory article that stresses the relationships between the loss of species diversity and the future of the human society. Seventeen brief articles follow that deal with specific endangered plants and animals. (TW)
Descriptors: Animals, Botany, Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors
Plant Biology Personnel and Training at Doctorate-Granting Institutions. Higher Education Panel Report Number 62.
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Andersen, Charles J. – 1984
Planning major research programs requires accurate information about funding and personnel. Since reliable baseline data for plant biology have not been available, a study was conducted to provide such data by measuring the total plant biology effort at major doctorate-granting institutions with graduate programs in botany during fall 1982.…
Descriptors: Botany, College Faculty, College Science, Financial Support
An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Biological Sciences.
Jones, Lyle V., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The quality of doctoral-level biochemistry (N=139), botany (N=83), cellular/molecular biology (N=89), microbiology (N=134), physiology (N=101), and zoology (N=70) programs at United States universities was assessed, using 16 measures. These measures focused on variables related to: (1) program size; (2) characteristics of graduates; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Botany