The authors criticize the value-free notion of social science and evaluation. They particularly assail relativists, those who confuse the making of reliable value judgments with how these value judgments are used. (Author/PN)

The National Research Council (NRC) (1996) refers to scientific inquiry as "the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their work." This could be paraphrased, as 'scientific inquiry is what scientists say it is.' Accepting this rephrasing at face value, a study has been…

The ability to become a scientifically literate citizen rests on the foundation students build from elementary, middle, and high school science experiences. The North Carolina Science Standard Course of Study (SCS) provides the concepts and theories all students should understand. Strands unify the goals and objectives and reflect a science as…

Presents theoretical and experimental observations made with a musical toy called Hummer consisting of a corrugated flexible plastic tube about three-feet long and one-inch diam open at both ends. Included are descriptions of three new instruments: the Water Pipe, the Gas-Pipe Corrugahorn Bugle, and the Gas-Pipe Blues Corrugahorn. (CC)

The use of the Solvay process to exemplify certain principles in freshman courses can be extended into the areas of chemical economics and environmental pollution. (Author/DF)

Promoting steady enthusiam and personal affirmation in teaching, the author describes a program in Tennessee called the Living Curriculum. (Editor)

Ideas on the philosophical base for the development of industrial arts curriculum. (GB)

Presented is an alternative approach to teaching the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) wave model of light, using microwaves. Effectiveness of the alternate approach was determined by student achievement of six objectives. Both experimental and conventional PSSC methods were satisfactory for reaching the objectives. (DS)