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Peer reviewedScience Teacher, 1985
Outlines characteristics of two earth science programs selected for "Search for Excellence in Science Education" awards (SESE awards). One program features a final examination in the field, while the other program helps train parents to be good geologic observers on vacations. (DH)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Earth Science, Program Descriptions, Science Education
Peer reviewedSturgiss, James – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1994
Writing can be seen as a tool to be manipulated by students to access, construct, and evaluate knowledge. Many students will finish six years of high school science education quite ill-equipped for the literacy demands of college. This paper highlights a genre approach to language adopted by a literacy program. (20 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Literacy, Science Education, Science Instruction
Fender, Marilyn F., Ed. – 1981
The proceedings from a 1980 conference on secondary education of the handicapped presents 32 papers on the topic along with 6 papers not presented at the conference. A keynote address by P. Fanning, which considered future needs and trends in secondary programing is summarized. Additional papers touch on such issues as Project NEEDS (a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Peer reviewedWright, Emmett L; Backe, Randall K. – Science Teacher, 1992
Identifies four programs meeting the criteria for being considered exemplary in biology education in grades 7 through 12 nationwide. Provides the selection criteria for program goals, curriculum, instruction, and staff. Expresses the concern that programs are not treating biology as a scientific process, nor addressing social and technological…
Descriptors: Biology, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedRapp, Katie – Science Teacher, 1992
Describes three programs funded by the Toyota Appreciation Program for Excellence to Science Teachers Reaching Youth (TAPESTRY) program: (1) High School Hawk Watch promotes wildlife awareness student research; (2) Science without Bounds makes science accessible to at-risk and minority students; and (3) Kansas Environmental Monitoring Network…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Endangered Species, Environmental Education, Grants
Download full textBukoski, William J.; Korotkin, Arthur L. – 1975
As a followup to a 1969 study, called Project CASE, a survey was initiated to determine to what extent computers are used in secondary public schools, and to discern to what extent computers affect the quality of education. Some 5,580 randomly selected schools were questioned about their use of computers; commercial computer manufacturers were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Weisgerber, Robert A. – 1971
The readings presented here survey the state of the art in individualized learning as of 1970. They are directly concerned with operational approaches and include descriptions of national systems for the individualization of learning, descriptions of approaches tried in particular schools and colleges, and a look into the future of education as it…
Descriptors: Biology, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
