This unit in the series prepared by the Australian Science Education Project is intended for students capable of abstract reasoning and as an introduction to other high level units in the series. The core activities suggest a number of activities that should lead students to recognize that a system is something that transforms an input into an…

This monograph presents a description, along with the purposes, of the Del Mod System. It is described as a system concerned with inducing changes in the existing systems in the area of science education. The investment of time and funds (a National Science Foundation-funded project) is devoted to an alteration of the behavior patterns of…

This monograph presents an updating of a report made in 1969 which led to the development of the Del Mod System. It is an assessment of science education in Delaware. Data presented were collected on site in the schools. Assessment of the science facilities, curriculum, and attitudes was made. Science programs in use in 1974 in the elementary,…

Described is the Del Mod System, its inception, the fundings associated with it, and its objectives. A number of projects have already been completed and implemented. This monograph describes the evaluations of such projects and of the Del Mod systems-approach to science education. The area of evaluation and the method of data collection (with…