The Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers is investigated in terms of its coverage of American science journals and American scientists. The journals indexed by the catalogue are compared to other standard lists of journals from the nineteenth century. (Author)

Defines developmental editing as more than copy editing but less than actually writing the book. Explains how a developmental editor can assist textbook authors in developing a book's structure and writing style. Discusses some aspects of a career as a developmental editor. (DDR)

Presents important principles and issues related to postpositivism including logic of confirmation and logic of falsification. Discusses possible applications in science education. Lists 23 references. (YP)

Presents an annotated bibliography of outstanding children's science books, primarily for children in kindergarten through third grade. (BB)

This study examined how seductive details affect on-line processing of a technical, scientific text. In Experiment 1, each sentence from the experimental text was rated for interest and importance. Participants rated seductive details as being more interesting but less important than main ideas. In Experiment 2, we examined the effect of seductive…

Debates concerning how the issue of human life's origins should be handled within the confines of American public schools still continue. In order to mitigate the impact that evolution has on students, some school boards and state legislatures have recommended that stickers voicing a disclaimer about evolution be placed in biology textbooks. Even…

This study investigated the effects of text notes and voice notes on the comprehension of science texts by fifth grade students. The study was conducted to determine whether digital note taking was an effective reading strategy, and whether one form of digital note taking was more effective than the other. Results revealed that general education…

Presents three lapidary activities which have been developed to teach enrichment courses to adults and young people. Described are activities and materials for polishing and shaping rocks. (EB)

Describes new experimental techniques, such as dye-laser photodetachment studies, which have recently provided accurate values for the electron affinity of numerous elements. Provides a periodic chart with available electron affinity data. (MLH)

Presents a short history relating how the chemical elements promethium (61), francium (87), and astatine (85) were formerly named illinium, virginium, and alabamine, respectively. (MLH)

Reports a study by the National Academy of Sciences that points to transuranic elements and hexachlorobenzene in the oceans as potential problems to humans and marine life. (GS)

The author describes the decision making processes involved in writing science books for children. The author must decide on scope and content, be careful about wording to avoid misleading the reader, present scientific classification and measurement clearly, introduce new vocabulary carefully, avoid anthropomorphism; and select useful and…