These conference proceedings include papers presented and summaries of presentations made at the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS). Topics include: English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) Strategies in science methods courses; writing strategies; action research and equity issues; the Investigating the Universe Project; knowledge structures of teachers; embedded practicums; Science, Technology, and Society investigations; student and teacher questions; combining demonstration classrooms and inservice; preparation and evaluation of videocases; inclusion in the science classroom; using open-ended questions; using children's ideas and literature; the role of technology; using e-mail partners; Internet Exchange Project; professional development schools; self-evaluation of the implementation of the learning cycle; integration and use of technology; Project Prism; complex instruction; promoting primary science; interdisciplinary math and science; Project Simulate; Project Pride; coaching reflective practice; assessing change in teachers' knowledge; collaborative teaching; engineering physics; incorporating computer spreadsheets into the Robert Karplus Learning Cycle; meeting the needs of Hispanic learners; further validation of the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey; case studies of new teachers; science teachers' attitudes towards their presentation of inservice workshops; partnerships; science-fiction stories; teaching science methods in a language arts method course; college level science courses; model for elementary science inservice; learning inquiry-oriented science; rubric for scoring concept maps; analyzing the effect teachers have on their students' perceptions of and attitudes toward science; vee diagramming; traditional classroom assessment; and exploring traditional ecological knowledge. (JRH)