Research papers (N=111) published in Vols. 11-13 of "Journal of Research in Science Teaching" were used in this study to validate areas of productivity in science educational research. Questions were answered regarding research area interests, stability of priorities for research, and omissions of research in high-priority areas. (CS)

Data from questionnaire responses (N=207) are presented which identify those characteristics of science supervisors perceived as most creditible by elementary school teachers and those expected to influence positively the attitudes of teachers towards science. (CS)

Explored are the use of cues and their possible interaction with learner ability in concept formation under inductive instructional methods. Two inductive treatments, cued and noncued, were administered to ninth- and tenth-grade students. Results indicate significant aptitude treatment interaction with verbal comprehension abilities and the two…

Described is a nine-week experiment determining the effectiveness of integrating the use of science trade books into a seventh-grade life science unit on cells, anatomy, and physiology. Results confirm the advantages of integrated reading for high- and low-ability groups, with marked positive influence on affective outcomes. (CS)

Examined and confirmed are differences in science and nonscience majors in the ways in which they obtain information about science and technology. Importance of these information sources was determined for each group: radio, television, newspaper, news magazine, scientific journal, family, friends, and faculty. (CS)

Reports a study involving interviews with 20 physics teachers to determine their awareness of student alternate conceptions in the areas of force and gravity. (PR)

Reports a study that analyzes the importance of individual difference variables in explaining subject performance in formal reasoning in 72 first-year college students. (PR)

Reports a study that investigated the relationship among (1) teacher's attitudes and implementation of inservice workshop developed learning cycle science materials, and (2) elementary school student's conservation reasoning and language used to describe properties of objects. Data were gathered from 100 students from grades K-5 and 16 teachers…

Reports a naturalistic study to develop and validate a "Science and Reading Questionnaire" to assess secondary science teachers' attitudes toward science reading and their belief or informed opinions about science reading. The items for this instrument are presented. (PR)

The purpose of this article is to introduce a definition of science that may be useful as an alternative to those that are typically found in the literature, and to present research indicating its potential effectiveness. (PR)

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Reports a study that examined the generalizability of selective-attention and academic-studying hypotheses to a modified science chart medium. The adjunct questions used in this study were designed to selectively focus students' attention on specific columns in a modified science chart, with the goal of improving student achievement on a test…

Reports a study analyzing the inquiry level of science activities within junior high science textbooks and their accompanying supplemental activity guides. (PR)

This article reports on a study that investigated novice students' rules for determining which of two objects exerted the greater force on the other. (PR)

Reports a study examining the effects of cooperative learning and self-instructional packets--"Group Educational Modules" (GEM)--on the achievement of biology students. Significant differences in achievement (as compared to control groups) were found for students using GEM materials and students in cooperative learning situations. (PR)