This study investigated whether there was a difference in achievement by first graders between their ability to solve open sentences presented in vertical form and in horizontal form. It was recommended that the horizontal form be avoided in grades one and two. (MP)

Presents a study on secondary school science (N=47) and social studies (N=85) teachers' attitudes toward interdisciplinary topics and values issues in the classroom. (DS)

Describes a study which explores the feasibility of implementing a "didactical shadow" seminar in abstract algebra. Includes the effect of the seminar on prospective secondary mathematics teachers' (N=17) attitudes and on their understanding of concepts and principles of abstract algebra and algebra of the real number system. (DS)

Presents a study which measured secondary school mathematics and science teachers' (N=3576) opinions on what students should know about computers. (DS)

Reports results of a study which identified differences between schools (N=64) which accepted, rejected, or made exploratory use of an innovative marine curriculum. Includes brief descriptions of course units and the study's implications. (DS)

Discusses the need to determine the extent to which NSF-supported curriculum materials have been implemented. Reviews the Concerns Based Adoption Model and describes how science educators might use this model to understand and manage curriculum implementation processes. (DS)

Presents a study which determined the effectiveness of an energy education workshop for secondary science teachers (N=25). (DS)

Describes research focusing on factors that might predict success in a Basic Science Skills course for preservice elementary teachers (N=113). (DS)

This report reviews some goals for laboratory activities in contemporary science teaching, discusses an investigation that analyzed and compared laboratory activities from two major physics guides, and discusses the implications of the goals and analysis for physics teaching. Six major deficiencies in the two laboratory handbooks are identified.…

This study reviews relevant literature to clarify the meaning of mathematics anxiety; reports on the field test of an instrument designed to measure anxiety; and analyzes change scores of students enrolled in a preservice elementary mathematics methods course to see if reductions in anxiety were observed. (MP)

This study designed a criterion-referenced format for scoring subjective student tasks in science education courses and gathered student opinion on the acceptability of the scoring technique. A sample and results of a preservice teacher survey are supplied. (MP)

This study gathered information concerning the status of mathematical preparation of high school seniors in Wyoming, and determined the mathematics necessary for entrance into University of Wyoming programs. The results are viewed to raise serious concerns regarding the planning and preparation of college-bound students. (MP)

Relationships between socioeconomic status and proficiency at enquiry skills important in science education are explored. The relationships are found to be sufficiently strong to cause concern among science teachers. It is noted enquiry skills can be taught and suggests that teachers do so for pupils with low proficiency. (MP)

The interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary curriculum at the experimental high school on the Sde Boker campus of Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel, is described. It is viewed as a worldwide model available to academic communities to study the impact of environment on survival of all living things. (MP)

The relationship between impulsivity and learning in mathematics is discussed. The study used 55 elementary students aged 12 or less. Children identified as mathematically deficient were found to exhibit moderately strong correlations between impulsivity and 14 areas of mathematics achievement. (MP)