The manual explains the use of the Gifted Science Project Resource File. The file is designed to identify science resources for third through eighth grade gifted students and their teachers. The resources are matched with the objectives of the Montgomery County (MD) schools "Program of Studies." Sections outline the project calendar,…

THIS TRIAL EDITION OF A TEACHING GUIDE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE RESOURCE MATERIAL FOR AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, AND IS NUMBER ONE OF A SERIES OF FOUR. IT IS SUITABLE FOR USE AT VARIOUS LEVELS FROM GRADES 2-10. THE FOUR VOLUMES PRESENT ACTIVITIES SUFFICIENT FOR A PROGRAM OF FROM 5 TO 40 WEEKS, DEPENDING UPON EXTENT OF USE…

DEVELOPED WERE THE PLANS AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE A COHERENT SCIENCE PROGRAM INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY USING UNITS FROM VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS UNDER NON-EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS. EMPLOYING A GENERAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR WHO WORKED WITH TEACHERS HAVING A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PREPARATION IN THE SCIENCES,…

The gain in chemistry knowledge made by high school chemistry students whose cognitive patterns were similar to those of their teachers was compared to the gain of students whose cognitive patterns differed from their teachers'. Seven cognitive factor tests were administered to 13 teachers who were participating in three Chemical Education…

This report contains articles on the preparation of Introductory Physical Science (IPS) for commercial publication, objectives and content of the course, and the IPS leadership training program. Two articles discuss testing as a means of student evaluation, and statistics are presented to indicate student performance on IPS by grade level and…

This monograph describes a model for curriculum evaluation and reports data obtained from the application of this model to the assessment of Science - A Process Approach. Section 1 presents the assumptions underlying the theoretical framework upon which the model has been constructed. This is followed by a description of the translation of the…

This sourcebook provides direction for the elementary school teacher in working with Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) materials. It focuses on providing insight into the underlying rationale for these materials and on providing suggestions for the implementation of the program in the classroom. Part One provides a brief overview of the…

Determined were the kinds of physics study items used, and the emphasis placed per item, by both the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) teachers and the teachers of traditional physics materials in the state of Nebraska. A questionnaire was sent to teachers from the largest 100 schools, ranked by total enrollment, and to fifty other teachers…

Assessed was the science achievement of five-and six-year-olds from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Classes included both a middle-class and lower-class pre-school class and a middle-class and a lower-class first grade class. Four additional classes, which were studying a local science curriculum, were chosen to match these same grade-level…

This bibliography relates the various experimental studies done in elementary school science. Every attempt was made to provide a bibliography that is as comprehensive as possible. Only a selected number of the publications put out by the projects themselves are listed. Bibliographical information is provided for obtaining a continuous source of…

To evaluate a method of content analysis, and as a step toward the specification of a conceptual domain for primary level science, extant instructional programs were analyzed. This paper reports an analysis of the introductory unit and three biological science units of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). The background of the program…

The aspect of the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) project described in this paper was undertaken in an effort to observe the problem solving behaviors of elementary school children. The Notebook Problem consisted of presenting a student with three notebooks arranged so as to differ from each other in terms of such…

This 60-item questionnaire was designed to gather general background information from students who had used the Harvard Project Physics curriculum. The instrument includes three 20-item subscales: (1) attitude toward physics, (2) career interest, and (3) student characteristics. Items are multiple choice (5 options), and the introductory material…

This inventory, developed for use with the Harvard Project Physics curriculum, consists of 135 two-choice (agree-disagree) items. Items cover perceptions of the role of scientists, the nature and functions of theories, underlying assumptions made by scientists, and other aspects of the scientific process. The test is suitable for high school…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether success in the Science - A Process Approach (SAPA) process of classification designed for primary grade children is contingent upon the children's developmental level as defined by Piaget's theory. The investigators sought to determine whether children who had reached the concrete operational…