This second issue of "Investigations in Science Education" (ISE), designed to provide a new perspective for viewing research articles and to aid in the improvement of writing research reports, includes abstracts prepared by science educators, bibliographical data, purpose, rationale, research design and procedure, findings and interpretations as well as detailed notes offered by the abstractor. The analyses are intended to provide useful comments and suggestions to serve as a device which might be useful for training in the writing of research articles. Articles included in ISE are selected primarily from such sources as professional journals and reports of government-funded projects. Abstracts included in this issue relate to topic areas such as evaluation of children's performance on the cognitive, affective and motivational domains, student perceptions of teachers, evaluation of student laboratory reports, effect of behavioral objectives, and comparison of instructional strategies. (EB)