Investigated how the use of laboratory-oriented science curriculum materials affected the attitudes of students with reading difficulties. Both the ninth grade experimental and control classes used a six-week instructional unit on heat and temperature. (HM)

Investigated the effects of the reading and logical thinking abilities of average and below-average students in urban high schools on learning outcomes of using the Intermediate Sciences Curriculum Study (ISCS) level and materials. (HM)

Presents a summative evaluation of the Star Games, a participatory astronomy exhibit designed for public and school group visitors from age 13 to adult. Provides information about the effect of the exhibit on visitors and the attainment of its educational goals. (HM)

Investigates the effects of the reduction of reading levels of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Level III Environmental Science (ES) materials, using a compensatory aptitude treatment (ATI) model. (HM)

Investigated the change in the preferences of 361 undergraduate elementary education majors at Iowa State University for student-centered (SC) and teacher-centered (TC) teaching techniques, using the Elementary Science Teacher's Preference (ESCP) instrument. (HM)

Presents an evaluation design and strategy for preservice preparation of elementary school teachers in science. Five evaluation dimensions are discussed: population definition, academic concerns, implementation, program team functioning, and attitudes. (HM)

Investigated whether a difference in spatial ability existed among 78 fourth grade boys and girls and whether the spatial ability of fourth grade girls and boys would be differentially affected by instruction using the Spatial Visualization Abilities Test (SVAT) to measure performance. (HM)

Investigated the degree of relationship among the performance of 28 seventh grade students on the following three formal operations tasks: chemical combinations, bending rods, and balance beam. Results show that task performance ranged widely from early concrete operational to fully operational. (HM)

Investigated the relationship between syntactical complexity of high school students' written language and their ability to reason formally. Format reasoning ability of 50 high school students was measured by a 15-item group-administered demonstration test developed by Lawson. (HM)

Investigated the development of children's concepts of the earth utilizing the Piagetian interview method to collect data from a sample of 240 children coming from grades four to eight of an experimental public school in Jerusalem, Israel. (HM)

Discusses social issues outside science education that directly affect policies, curricula and instruction in science. The role of personal values and cultural paradigms in social change, limits to growth and the role of science education in the emerging ecological society are among the ideas discussed. (HM)

Discusses the role of the history of science in science education, in particular the views of Kuhn, Brush, and the author on this issue. The Project Physics Course (PPC) as an example of an un-Kuhnian science source is also presented. (HM)

Examines the trends of science education in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the past 30 years, described the present climate of the discipline, and comments on the future path it will take. The content of science courses of public schools in PRC is also presented. (HM)

Discusses Novak's views that Ausubel's meaningful learning can become an alternative to Piagetian psychology and argues that Ausubel does not provide a theory that can be an alternative to Piaget's developmental psychology. (HM)

Presents the new program of Science Education for Early Adolescence planned by the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve science education for early adolescents. Outlines the rationale for this program, the ongoing planning effort, and the probable future plans. (HM)