Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) is an innovative teaching approach born out of research into cognitive development based largely on the work of Piaget, and also incorporating fundamental tenets of Vygotsky's theories of learning. The program aims to improve children's thinking processes by accelerating progress towards higher-order thinking skills. CASE focuses on enhancing students' capabilities in understanding scientific concepts, science being an area of the curriculum that has always presented particular difficulties for the majority of pupils. Rather than being intended as an alternative science curriculum, CASE is designed to be an intervention program within the existing curriculum. It originally targeted students between 11- and 14-years-old. This monograph describes the underlying psychology behind the CASE program, its planning and implementation, and the program's successes. (Contains 24 references.) (WRM)