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Peer reviewedSmail, Barbara – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1985
Described are the results of a four-year action research project that investigated the reasons for girls' underachievement in science and technology and tested teacher-developed change strategies. Boys participating continued to be much more interested in science than the girls. Changes in option choice behavior were very small for both sexes. (RM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedTerry, C. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1983
Based on a model of local curriculum development, but incorporating the ideas first expressed by Goodlad in establishing a league of co-operating schools for the improvement of learning, this curriculum development project successfully infused the study of technology into the science courses of several British secondary schools. (RM)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
