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Direct linkFeurzeig, Wallace; Papert, Seymour A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
Formal mathematical methods remain, for most high school students, mysterious, artificial and not a part of their regular intuitive thinking. The authors develop some themes that could lead to a radically new approach. According to this thesis, the teaching of programming languages as a regular part of academic progress can contribute effectively…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Programming Languages, Academic Achievement, Heuristics
Nicholas, John – BSCS Journal, 1980
Describes the development of the Australian biological curriculum materials, "Biological Science: The Web of Life," as a result of linking efforts with the United States BSCS "color versions" in biology. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Course Improvement Projects
Download full textObourn, Ellsworth S.; Blackwood, Paul E.; McKibben, Margaret J. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
For more than a decade the U.S. Office of Education and the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have collaborated in preparing an annual summary of research in the teaching of science. The present bulletin, under the same collaboration, begins a new series in which each successive issue covers a 2-year period; its…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
Wolfle, Dael – 1989
This book recounts the many challenges and successes achieved by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from World War II to 1970. Included are: (1) the development of the National Science Foundation; (2) Cold War concerns about the loyalty and freedom of scientists; (3) efforts to develop an effective science curriculum…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizations (Groups)
Osbourn, Ellsworth S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Beginning in 1950 the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the U.S. Office of Education collaborated in preparing an annual summary of research in the teaching of science. The present bulletin continues their cooperative effort. This analysis of research in the teaching of science contains reports of published studies…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
Obourn, Ellsworth S.; Koelsche, Charles L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This publication continues the annual series of bulletins begun in 1950 as a cooperative undertaking between the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Office of Education. The present bulletin summarizes and interprets the research in science education from July 1956 to July 1957. The improvement of teaching in science, as…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
