The results of the Second International Science Study and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessments are cited and future job openings in natural sciences and engineering areas are projected. Technology is ever increasing in complexity, yet ninth-grade U.S. students scored second from the bottom on international…

This exploratory study examined how middle-level students preferred to work on science and science-related problems. Assessing students' instructional preferences may be as important as determining their abilities before decisions about optimal forms of education can be made. Students' preferences may indicate the types of instruction most likely…

This study of the role of television in the presentation and cultivation of public conceptions of science and technology investigated these issues: (1) the types of representation and information about scientists, science, and technology that are embedded in television programs; (2) types of images and beliefs about science that television tends…

This publication consists of a nuclear energy assessment battery for secondary level students. The test contains 44 multiple choice items and is organized into four major sections. Parts include: (1) a knowledge scale; (2) attitudes toward nuclear energy; (3) a behaviors and intentions scale; and (4) an anxiety scale. Directions are provided for…

The monograph summarizes the findings and recommendations of a conference on the involvement of handicapped students in higher education science. Handicapped and nonhandicapped students, faculty, student services personnel, administrators, and scientists participated in the sessions. Six categories of barriers were identified: attitudinal,…

INVESTIGATED IS THE INFLUENCE OF NINTH GRADE SCIENCE COURSES UPON STUDENTS' SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT, SCIENCE INTERESTS, AND CAREER CHOICE. APPROXIMATELY 1300 ACADEMICALLY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS COMPOSED THE INITIAL SAMPLE. RANDOM SAMPLES OF 50 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FROM EACH OF FOUR SUBGROUPS--THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN BIOLOGY, GENERAL SCIENCE,…

Reported is a study made to determine the feasibility of teaching science by utilizing selected concepts related to the social and historical development of science and selected concepts related to atomic energy. Instructional materials included textual materials developed by the investigator, a test, a series of slides, and four motion pictures.…

The out-of-school science interest activities of children were investigated in this study. The author sought to update previous findings establishing variations in the science interest activity patterns of boys and girls as well as to relate these activities to different racial groups. An instrument was developed and administered to girls and boys…

Examined were instructional methods for science teaching and the effects of using such teaching strategies on the attitudes and perceptions of 32 undergraduate elementary education students. The effects on the participating students' science interest, science skills and knowledge, perception of teaching style and behavior of the teacher were also…

This study successfully replicated and extended previous research on cognitive preferences of talented high school students, using the Science Cognitive Preference Inventory (SCPI). Four modes of cognitive preference were interpreted: (1) factual information or recall; (2) principles; (3) questioning; and (4) practical applications. (CP)

Students at King Philip Junior High School run a rockshop as an alternative to the traditional study hall and science club. (BB)

The relationship between the science career commitment and high school science teacher models was examined for 141 female and 129 male high school students. Teacher attractiveness and science-related teacher contact affected the influence of same-sex teachers more than that of opposite-sex teachers. The implications for female participation in…

Describes a method which has proven highly effective in providing early motivation of potential engineering students. (SL)

Outlines the various activities students are involved in on Physics Students' Day at an amusement park and the mechanics of organizing this type of an event. Includes a real problem and the list of resource material. Suggests resource material for use with amusement park physics. (YP)

A curriculum model is presented for stimulating wide interests at the elementary level, to develop a student pool that would sustain a nationwide residential high school for the gifted. The model presents 16 conceptual schemes for developing curricula in social sciences, humanities and sciences. (Author/KM)