Presented in this monograph are 10 articles read at the Third Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association which was held in Melbourne in May, 1972. The articles are given under the following headings: A Model for Curriculum Evaluation; The Australian Science Education Project as a Stimulus for Research--A Progress Report of a Study of Teaching Strategies Used with Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) Materials; Some Suggestions for Research Related to ASEP; A Checklist for Analyzing the "Style" of Instructional Materials--A Report Based on Work by S.R. Shepherd; Classroom Interaction: The New Religion; Prior Knowledge--A Source of Negative Factors for Subsequent Learning; Difficulties with Non-technical Vocabulary amongst Junior Secondary School Students: The Words in Science Project; The Development of a Creativity Test; Outline of a Learning Hierarchy Investigation; Basic Skills of Graphical Interpretation; and A Survey of Evaluation Instruments. The first four articles are associated with ASEP materials, the fifth is a review of research, and the remaining deal with antecedent variables, learning theory, graphical methods, and measurements. A biographical sketch is given for each of the authors at the end of the monograph. (A related document is ED 065 325.) (CC)