Internet extends the reach of existing laboratory and training infrastructure to beyond the walls of such facilities. Though nothing can replace the hands-on experience in a laboratory; a carefully developed web-based digital lab may be the next best thing. In some cases, there may be benefits associated with a "distance laboratory" that…

The teaching of human anatomy has had to respond to significant changes in medical curricula, and it behooves anatomists to devise alternative strategies to effectively facilitate learning of the discipline by medical students in an integrated, applied, relevant, and contextual framework. In many medical schools, the lack of cadaver dissection as…

This book provides a complete Scope Sequence and Coordination teaching module. First, craters are introduced as a generally observable phenomena. Then, by making craters and by investigating the results, students gain close-up, hands-on experience with impact events and their products. Real crater examples from the Moon and elsewhere are included…

Describes the working of the Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) project in which high school students serve as learning assistants in elementary school classrooms. (PEB)

Describes a three-member team approach to physics instruction using Project Physics. Emphasizes a variety of instructional techniques and activities. (CP)

Briefly describes the Individualized Science Instructional System (ISIS) originating from Florida State University, with support from the National Science Foundation, with emphasis on the design and development of the minicourses involved in the project. (PEB)

In 1981 a meta-analysis of research in science education was completed by a team of researchers under the direction of Ronald Anderson at the University of Colorado. Individual teams synthesized the extant research using meta-analysis procedures. One of the syntheses showed that the post-Sputnik or "new" science programs on the whole…

This publication resulted from an investigation by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) into alleged inaccuracies in a National Science Foundation (NSF) report "Pre-college Science Curriculum Activities of the National Science Foundation." Five NSF supported curriculum improvement projects were investigated. Generally, inaccurate and…

Reviews the purpose, implementation, and some effects of the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP). A survey of 148 Form 1 science teachers in 188 Victoria high schools shows that most teachers feel that they are aware of the ideas of ASEP and confident about using ASEP materials. (MLH)

Reports a study to determine if pre-knowledge of behavioral objectives affected students' achievement in the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study course (ISCS). Results indicated students of low science ability showed significant gain while students of high science ability did not. (EB)

Reports a study to assess the relationship between student self ratings on ten variables considered skills of self-direction and (1) success in the course, (2) level of the student in the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study program, (3) school where the student attended, and (4) sex of the student. (GS)

Described in this unit are three activities related to classification and fish identification. In the first activity students design and use a dichotomous key to common classroom items, while Activity B involves the construction of a key to Lake Erie fish families. During Activity C, each student writes a story and draws a humorous picture of a…

THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS INCLUDES--(1) CONCEPTS, (2) UNDERSTANDINGS, (3) ACTIVITIES, (4) REFERENCES, (5) AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, (6) EQUIPMENT, AND (7) REQUIRED SUPPLIES. THE COURSE CONTENT IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT MAJOR TOPICS--(1) FUNDAMENTALS, (2) MECHANICS, (3) HEAT, (4) SOUND, (5) LIGHT, (6) ELECTRICITY, (7) SPACE, TIME, AND MOTION,…

RESEARCH STUDIES CONCERNED WITH THE APPROPRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM STUDY (BSCS) MATERIALS ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS NEWSLETTER. BSCS TESTS WERE ANALYZED AND RELATED TO OTHER TESTING INSTRUMENTS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BSCS PROGRAMS. DATA COLLECTED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEST NORMS WERE ALSO USED IN A…