Investigated were relationships between student self perception and actual classroom behavior in problem solving situations of 201 elementary students. Results indicated students with positive self concept were more independent from teachers and peers. Dependance upon others by low self esteem students is more evident in higher grades. (SL)

Compared were effects of videotape and audio models on the acquisition of specific teaching skills in 48 preservice teachers. Results suggest both video and audio models produced effective behaviors more frequently than a no-model treatment. (SL)

Assesses the effects of model viewing and instruction in teaching strategy analysis on preservice teachers' selection of science teaching strategies and their attitude toward the role of the student. Results indicated model viewing and teaching strategy analysis instruction both positively affected teaching style and attitude. (SL)

Evaluates five methods of implementing curriculum change in terms of cost, usage rates, satisfaction, and the Havelock model of knowledge, dissemination, and utilization. (SL)

Investigated was the influence of instruction in process skills on preservice teacher achievement, attitude toward process skills, and their use of process objectives and activities in lesson plans. Results indicated preservice teachers receiving process skill instruction improved in all areas relating to process education. (SL)

Investigated was the development of word associations of physics students from age 12 to university graduates. Results indicated response availability increased with age, irrespective of science/nonscience distinction, but that associative indices could be useful as tools in studying early stages of learning. (SL)

Investigated were factors affecting student choice of academic orientations in science in secondary schools of Israel. Selection of a physical science stream of course work was found to be related to socioeconomic background. (SL)

Investigated were children's reactions when allowed to choose their own apparatus and perform experiments with appropriate directions available. Few students invented their own experiments; most followed the available printed instructions. (SL)

Investigated were effects of learning structure on change in preference for science courses. Results indicated that physics students learning in ways they prefer register greater gains in preference for physics than do students in incompatible learning structures. No significant differences were found for students in biology, chemistry, or…

Presents a position strongly advocating inquiry training in science for students at all levels, but particularly at the elementary level. (SL)

Discusses the use, types, and advantages of simulation activities in problem-solving instruction. Reviews a research study of simulation in medical education. (MLH)

Describes a heuristic model that facilitates the conceptualization of linguistic-imaginal processes and forms the basis for a method of relating learner aptitudes to specific instructional stimuli in science education. (MLH)

High school chemistry students were grouped according to their scores on a divergent thinking test into either a homogeneous or heterogeneous group. Concluded that following an instructional film, there was more verbal interaction in the homogeneous group. (MLH)

Studied a group of high school biology, chemistry, and physics classes; concluded that there was no relationship between scientific attitudes and class size, but there was a significant improvement in achievement in smaller groups. (MLH)