Describes a study which involved the planning and implementation of cooperative science teaching (team teaching) in an Australian elementary school. (JR)

Outlines the aims of the IEA Science Project, an international study which investigated the relationships between science achievement and attitudes of students, and various home, student, school and teacher factors. Discusses the main results which illustrate the level of science education in Australia compared to other developed countries. (JR)

Reports the results of a study designed to determine if the values and practices of science teachers and science graduates studying for a diploma in education are congruent with the values upon which the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) materials are based. (JR)

Describes how the continuous variation method may be used in senior chemistry classes at the secondary level. This technique allows for the detection of the one or more reactions that may occur in a system over a wide range of composition. (JR)

Discusses curriculum decisions being made by science teachers in Victoria schools where there are no externally prescribed courses. Questionnaires were sent to 214 secondary schools. Concludes that science teachers are making important curriculum decisions but there is evidence of weakness in the decision making process. (MLH)

Reviews the purpose, implementation, and some effects of the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP). A survey of 148 Form 1 science teachers in 188 Victoria high schools shows that most teachers feel that they are aware of the ideas of ASEP and confident about using ASEP materials. (MLH)

Author finds the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) Unit 3 (Places for People) heavily biased toward confortable middle class living and dealing with only one small segment of contemporary society, namely Australia. Author doubts that Unit 305 will help students to understand much about population pressure in underdeveloped countries.…

A table lists the following quantities in imperial units, old metric units, and SI units: mass, force, energy, torque, power, pressure, temperature, thermal conductivity, frequency, dynamic viscosity, and kinematic viscosity. (MLH)

Discusses the technical aspects of paramagnetism and an electrostatic model called Crystal Field Theory (CFT), very often used in the case of transition metal compounds. Suggests that this discussion be included as an option for college chemistry courses. (MLH)

Divides science education literature into the following areas: journals, reference works, miscellaneous publications, monographs, and handbooks and dictionaries. Subdivides and examines in detail each of these areas. (MLH)

Deals generally with historical errors in science teaching and specifically with Newton's conception of his second law of motion. With reference to Newton's "Principia", the author concludes that Newton would not understand what we today refer to as "Newton's Second Law." (MLH)

The study was conducted in Victoria on grade 11 pupils taking the first year of a two-year course based on Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) materials. The magnitudes of the teacher behavior and pupil personality effects were much larger than the effects associated with different curricula. (Author/MLH)

Describes a study conducted with the "Environmental Phenomena Attitude Scale." The population included teachers college and high school students and Pidgin speaking, illiterate laborers. Results showed that there is a very strong relationship between memberships of the student or villager group and the score obtained on the scale. (MLH)

In a recent scientific attitude study, high school students predicted scores for uneducated villagers which were significantly lower than the scores actually obtained by the villagers. The students also thought that village people were ignorant and could not be expected to show a scientific approach to things. (MLH)