Discusses developments in teacher education; preservice education of elementary science teachers, the influence of U.S. science curricula, professional organizations in science teaching, and recent trends in West German science education. (MLH)

Interviews conducted with a group of Lebanese children showed that they give physical rather than animistic interpretations to natural phenomena such as rain, clouds, and falling bodies. (MLH)

Presents an in-house strategy for evaluating developed curricula. The strategy is demonstrated via the evaluation of the Individualized Science curriculum. (SL)

Investigates effects of method of presentation and structure on secondary student's acquisition of knowledge and psychomotor skills in teaching use of the compound microscope. Psychomotor skills and knowledge acquisitions were both found to be directly related to high structure and separated presentations. (SL)

Evaluates a module for training science teachers to ask cognitive questions. (SL)

Evaluates the attitudes of elementary teachers towards science and science teaching. (SL)

Evaluates conservation and categorization abilities among grade

Reports a procedure for training fifth and seventh grade students to substantially improve their understanding and use of controlled experimentation procedures. (SL)

Presents a comparison of Thai and American fifth and eighth

Presents a descriptive analogy comparing Piaget's theory of intellectual development to the development of athletic abilities in order to provide insight into Piagetian theory. (SL)

Past transformations in science education and circumstances steps of transformation in science teaching. Contemporary issues influencing science education are reviewed in contex with the model producing change are reviewed to develop a model of sequential to demonstrate that contemporary social issues are initating a new transitions in science…

Presents a discussion justifying science education in the current era of vocationalism. (SL)

Presents a view of American environmental concerns as seen through the eyes of an Indian exchange student. (SL)

Argues that current teaching of scientific inquiry overemphasizes hypothesis testing to the exclusion of hypothesis generation. (SL)

The relationship of certain teacher background variables to their attitudes priorities, expectations, and instructional practices regarding botany and zoology was investigated. Teachers were grouped into three categories: botanists, zoologists, and neutrals; the academic achievement of the students of the teachers in the three categories was…