While the object oriented paradigm and its instantiation within programming languages such as Java has become a ubiquitous part of both the commercial and educational landscapes, its usage as a visualization technique within mathematics undergraduate programmes of study has perhaps been somewhat underestimated. By regarding the object oriented…

Describes "The Science Consortium", a British program offering specialist training for secondary science teachers on the use of information and communication technology in the classroom. The training scheme includes a portfolio of lesson plans in six thematic modules: (1) communicating science; (2) collecting data for science; (3) finding out…

Describes an elementary school teacher's experience with action research in which the teacher sought to help children develop science investigations based on their own questions. (WRM)

Describes three websites that feature resources for science teachers, students, and department heads. The first allows teachers to design their own online worksheets, the second contains a collection of science-related images, and the third focuses on issues related to the running, organization, and management of science departments. (WRM)

Presents personal experiences after receiving under performance criticism at key stage 3. Recommends considering content changes due to changes in the National Curriculum. Discusses ways of making change in the content and applying the new curriculum to education. (YDS)

Describes four projects: (1) using diagnostic assessment to improve science learning; (2) issues in the implementation of evidence-based approaches in science education; (3) teaching pupils 'ideas-about-science'; and (4) understanding the researcher-user interface. Describes projects that are focused on curriculum development and explores how…

Describes positive attitudes from mentors that might encourage teacher trainees and discusses methods of aiding trainees for better teaching skills that make a lesson more valuable. Makes recommendations on how to teach difficult ideas to students. (YDS)

Introduces a website that is used to present information, text, and images about science teaching dating from 1901 to the present. Topics include the subject teaching associations; the science classroom; science teachers; the science curriculum; pupils' work in science lessons; and science teaching, learning, and assessment. Describes the benefits…

Describes the problem with using stereotypes of science teachers in the media, which will be explored at the Science Teacher Festival in January 2001. Poses five questions related to science, and responses to the questions are requested through the Science Festival Website. (SAH)

Discusses seminars aimed at teachers for improving classroom practice through research. Through research, teachers understand more clearly their own power to influence children's learning achievements. (SAH)

Promotes honest debate focused upon clearer and more accurate writing. Errors commonly found in texts originate in part by overhasty publication and oversimplification. (SAH)

Describes out-of-school learning activities and information and communications technology (ICT) training for teachers and school librarians. Benefits from the training include using ICT to enhance teaching the whole class, planning and lesson preparation, and assessing students' work. (SAH)

Desribes teaching investigations at key stages 2 and 3. Includes two activities used to develop understanding in scientific inquiry. (SAH)

Describes information gathered on students' attitudes toward science. Methodology includes development of statements relating to attitudinal constructs, data collection for argumentative paragraph responses, analysis of argumentative paragraph responses, and development and trial of multiple choice items. (SAH)

Science, Inclusion, and Growth in Norfolk (SIGN) is a Public Understanding of Science project that seeks to use the understanding of plant and soil science to demonstrate that people with severe learning difficulties can find the scientific method of inquiry a relevant and rewarding route to self-confidence and an understanding of the events that…