Provided are three units in anthropology and archaeology for use with sixth grade pupils. A major purpose of the units is to provide a framework of anthropological concepts which can be used to reconstruct an understanding of a primitive culture when confronting data inherent in that culture. The culture invariants from which the concepts used in…

Current curriculum evaluation models tend to cater to desirable or ideal situations and offer little help to the evaluator of ongoing curricular innovations, many of which are characterized by little assistance or control of implementation, little monitoring or supervision of operation, and haphazard postimplementation modification or development.…

This volume is the result of a study conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) as part of the Six Subject Survey in Science, Literature, Reading Comprehension, English and French as Foreign Languages, and Civic Education. The project was begun in 1966 with the first phase of instrument…

This study proposed to gather as much material as possible about the teaching of high school physics, including material on classroom teaching methods, the type of instructional material in use, the background and objectives of the teachers, and the students' experience and attitude towards physics. The procedures included prestudy questionnaires…

This volume contains four papers concerned with various aspects of the implementation and evaluation of a curriculum innovation. The innovative curriculum was developed by ERIE to provide science instruction, based on behavioral objectives, for elementary students. The first paper introduces ERIE's study of the innovation installation. The next…

The syllabi for the grade 11 biology, chemistry, physics and technician science courses taught in the Technical Schools of the Education Department of Victoria (Australia) each contain a listing of the topics to be taught, the scope and depth of treatment, suitable textbooks, possible demonstrations and laboratory work, and, in the case of the…

Presented is a scheme for systematically analyzing curriculum prescriptions to produce probing arguments in defense of the instructional objectives of each curriculum. With the probing arguments thus defined, a defensible, analytical choice between the alternative prescriptions would be facilitated. Included are four detailed examples of the…

This publication is intended to aid in the planning and implementation of Advanced Placement (AP) chemistry courses. Included are reports from high schools that have established such courses concerning costs, facilities, and instructional requirements. Also included are the free-response sections of the 1974 and 1975 AP Chemistry Examination,…

This digest provides annotated bibliographies of articles published in THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS' JOURNAL from May 1955 to December 1973. Subjects included are: the place of science in the curriculum, scientific literacy, organization of science programs, current general science courses, current junior science courses, current senior science…

Briefly traces the history of science curriculum development in the United States. Explains learning contracts and mastery learning as two techniques for humanizing science instruction. Summarizes the main objectives for science teaching, the rationales, and the claims that must be satisfied. (GS)

Discusses the use of future-oriented science curricula as a means of promoting scientific literacy. (MLH)

Urges the restructuring of astronomy-astrophysics courses to accommodate nonastronomy majors. Outlines an alternative approach to teach astronomy. (GA)

The future of school chemistry is discussed in terms of its popularity and some of the extra- and intra-school pressures of the curriculum. (BB)

Evaluates the use of mass media to create awareness of the concept, action science, and of a facility, resource services. Results indicate that this project was not superior in creating awareness of the designated curricula during its period of activity, although it did effect an increased awareness overall. (MA)

Presents the biorhythm theory and how it can be used as a way to motivate advanced-placement biology students to overcome their aversion to mathematical analysis, and to demonstrate why mathematics is such a powerful tool in biology. (HM)