Offers perspectives and ideas on a range of issues related to policy-relevant research in science studies. Identifies and discusses major challenges and problems involved in science policy studies. Presents an overview of articles that address the theme of funding and knowledge growth. (ML)

Discusses effects of funding variations upon the rate of knowledge growth in algebraic and differential topology. Results based on a marginal productivity model indicated that funding variations had little or no effect upon the rate of knowledge growth. Lists 150 of the field's most highly rated papers. (ML)

Discusses the role and resources of planetary astronomy in planetary exploration. Identifies the categories of support made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and reviews the impacts of these findings on planetary researches. Analyzes the publishing habits of American astronomers. (ML)

Presents a historical overview of developments in ionospheric physics and examines relationships between federal funding and knowledge growth in this field. Summarizes the views of ionsphere researchers on funding, the role of funding program managers, and the nature of funding agencies. Reviews advancements related to entrepreneurs and resources…

Provides a method of classifying and exemplifying the types of discrepancies which are commonly found after comparisons of the content of scientific papers with their bibliographies. Lists and explains some of the major discrepancies and offers strategies for dealing with the problems. (ML)

Provides guidelines for selecting primary source documents in high school history classes. Recommends that teachers: (1) clearly establish the purpose for reading, (2) provide background information on the document, (3) modify or shorten documents sparingly, and (4) include questions to focus student reading. (Author/JDH)

Provides a teaching plan which helps students imaginatively take the roles of leaders in the United States during World War II so that they might more completely understand such difficult decisions as allying with the Soviet Union, relocating Japanese-Americans, and dropping the atomic bomb. Provides a statement of goals and objectives, required…

Provides an overview of a unit on the American Revolutionary War. Presents the text of a slide lecture used to illustrate the involvement of the area around Collegeville, Pennsylvania in the military history of the United States. (JDH)

Presents statements from two biographers of the fifteenth U. S. President, James Buchanan, concerning what students should learn about his presidency. Concludes with additional facts concerning his life. (JDH)

Presents a collection of activities and ideas on how to improve high school economics instruction. (JDH)

Presents a brief history of the development of the centennial exhibit developed by James P. Wickersham for the Pennsylvania Department of Common Schools. (JDH)

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to develop historical dramas which are researched, written, staged, and videotaped by students. (JDH)

Provides information about making videotaped documentaries. Includes a description of the various roles students must play, and provides two planning forms to aid the videotape production project. (JDH)

Describes in detail an historical research project, beginning with a tombstone marker, and eventually uncovering the lost story of local educator, Philotus Dean. (JDH)

Describes, in detail, the experience of a junior high student as he rides an Amtrack train from Pittsburgh to Altoona and back. (JDH)