Calls attention to the issue of present science classroom practices engendering irresponsibility in students and, consequently, in the adults they will become. (Editor/JR)

Addresses the current issue of confusion surrounding the widespread use of the term inquiry. Attempts a resolution of the confusion by presenting a model of the processes of scientific inquiry, and proposes that the model's applications can be fruitful for teaching by inquiry. (Editor/JR)

This issue contains a summary of research in science education for the year 1977. The review is organized into four major parts. These are the overview, survey research, experimental research and conclusions. (HM)

Presents a general theory of instruction which suggests that the teacher's function is to create a new environment in which effective instructed learning occurs. Illustrations for this theory with reference to science instruction and a review of prior statements identifiable as theory are also included. (HM)

Describes the contributions of Anna Botsford Comstock to the development of elementary-school science. She played a major role as one of the developers of the nature-study program for children at Cornell University. Her biography and a list of her publications are also included. (HM)

Illustrates some of the limitations and pitfalls inherent in the use of educational genealogies in science by citing the available historical evidence concerning the apprenticeships of several scientists educated in the United States in the period 1800-1876. (Author/HM)

This study, conducted by the staff of Minnesota Research and Evaluation Project (MREP), reports the results of several needs assessment procedures used with teachers and principals from a random sample of 224 schools from 13 western and midwestern states. (HM)

Investigates the differences in the improvement in communication deficiencies of selected third- and fifth-grade children who participated in a science-based remediation program and of third- and fifth-grade children who did not participate. (HM)

Presents a description of a set of data processing operations and an instrument for analyzing the teaching of data collection and manipulation. The functions and reliability of the Data Processing Observed Guide (DPOG) developed for this purpose are also included. (HM)

This study investigated a way of teaching Israeli student-teachers about the nature of classroom activities in the cognitive domain by training them to observe actual lessons. Observation was limited to the activity of pupils in science classrooms rather than to that of the science teachers. (HM)

Reported are the results of a survey conducted to identify the problems of science educators in small and large institutions and perceived solutions to these problems. Recommendations that could assist in ameliorating the problems are also presented. (HM)

Investigates the effect of intensive instruction in cue attendance upon the ability of preservice elementary science methods students to solve paper-and-pencil reasoning tests that require a form of formal operation thought. (Author/HM)

Discusses techniques utilized by some science education researchers to assess and represent information in an individual's cognitive structure such that it can be compared to the subject matter structure taught. The author recommends caution in utilizing such techniques. (HM)

Presents the results of a survey study conducted to identify the status of science education in the elementary schools (K-6) of Illinois during the 1975-1976 school year and to establish a data base. Implications of the findings are also included. (HM)

Describes the peer-review process which the National Science Foundation has established to evaluate science education proposals and award grants. (HM)