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The Comparative Effects Of Individualized And Group Instruction In Bscs Biology On The Ability Of Students To Think Critically, Harry F. Fulton

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Research in the area of critical thinking ability many times involves the use of the Watson and Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA). These abilities involve inference or drawing conclusions from facts or premises, recognition of assumptions or hypotheses, deduction or working from basic premises to conclusions, interpretation of data to derive or explain its meaning, and the evaluation of arguments or evidence. The items on this instrument are not specifically limited to science. As a result, when researching the effect of an instructional procedure in science, the teachers and all other subjects the students are exposed to need to be …

A Study Of The Development Of Student Attitudes In Two Approaches To Teaching Bscs Biology, Harry F. Fulton

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When a student enters a science class at the start of the semester, how often does the science teacher consider the student's attitude toward science? Usually our concern is about his background in science, his intelligence, or if he will be a discipline problem. These areas are perhaps important but a study by DeRose (2) also reveals the importance of attitude. He indicates that the achievement of students in a particular class may depend to a large extent on the attitude of students toward that class.

The Acs-Nsta Cooperative High School Chemistry Examinations, Albert J. Judge, Charles W. Hendrickson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Teachers of chemistry have available an evaluative tool used extensively throughout the nation to measure the end-of-year achievement of high school chemistry students. This instrument is the ACS-NSTA Cooperative High School Chemistry Examination. The National High School Testing Program under the direction of Professor Theodore A. Ashford has made available to high school teachers a series of widely used ACS-NSTA Cooperative Chemistry Examinations. It is estimated that over a million and a half high school students have been tested since the first ACS-NSTA High School Chemistry Examination appeared in the late 1950s.

Iowa Upstep: A New Program In Science Education, Louis Gatta

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At a time when knowledge is exponentially increasing and advances in pure science are being incorporated into an ever accelerating technological society, there exists a trend toward fewer and fewer adequately prepared science teachers. At a time when total enrollment in junior and senior high schools is reaching record breaking numbers, the enrollment in elective science courses is on the decline.

Open Letter From The Editor, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As we prepare copy for Volume 9 of the Iowa Science Teachers' Journal, we are reminded that this volume represents the ninth year for the Journal in its present format and as a publication of the Iowa Academy of Science. Because no appropriation was made by the state legislature during 1971 for support of the Academy, the Journal will be issued only three times during 1971- 72.

Grading Practices: A Current Bibliography

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Published by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the June issue of the Biological Sciences News.

Teaching Teaching, D. J. Moffatt, A. W. Jacobs, W. K. Metcalf

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The role of a modern Anatomy department is threefold (Metcalf, 1970): 1. To teach anatomy and its sub-disciplines, gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, microscopic anatomy and embryology, to people who wish to learn it. 2. To advance the science of anatomy-the structural basis of function. 3. To train graduate students for a future role as anatomy faculty.

Programs In Environmental Education Readied For Mid-Fall Release

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The latest National Science Teachers Association compilation of going environmental programs held by schools will be available by mid-October. Programs in Environmental Education is an aid to teachers, curriculum planners and others interested in examples of current environmental education programs.

An Investigation Of The Life And Times Of John Locke Reflected In Selected Writings And Writers Of Three Centuries, Ethel Doescher Zwanziger

Graduate Research Papers

One of the paradoxes of history is that the people of the past speak more clearly to us today if we understand the time in which they lived.1 Inasmuch as Locke lived in a very tempestuous era, was an unusually active participant in the politics of his country, was no academic recluse, and was a thinker who reflected the mind of his time, it is particularly obligatory to know the historical context in which he belonged if we are to appraise his influence with some degree of accuracy.2 The purpose of this paper, then, is to study the life of …

A Flexible Plan For Developing Library Research Techniques Needed By Students In Junior High Schools, Ruth P. Harbour

Graduate Research Papers

What instruction in the use of library research techniques is needed for junior high school students to succeed in classroom assignments involving investigative activities, and how can this instruction be planned to provide more opportunities for flexibility in group and individualized situations?

A Comparison Of Teaching The Use Of The Card Catalog By Conventional Method And By Programmed Instruction, Annabel Meyer

Graduate Research Papers

This study was designed to compare the teaching of the use of the card catalog by programmed instruction with the conventional lecture techniques now being used, to discover the more effective method of teaching this material. An experimental group and a control group will be pretested, instructed, and post-tested to compare the effectiveness of the methods.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Cover - Ias & Ists Officers, Directors And Chairpersons - Ist Journal Information - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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It's What We Tried To Tell Them Half A Century Ago

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Transportation Secretary Volpe made headlines last month when he urged an international agreement for tighter controls to curb oil pollution by tankers that dump oily "ballast water" at sea.

Science Through Choice, Darrell G. Phillips

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The young lady pictured on the front cover of this issue is deeply involved in structuring her own intellect. She is certainly finding out how particular things "work," but, more importantly she is using her own mind to plan next steps, to explore possibilities and to make decisions. Such intense involvement in learning is not at all uncommon, but this particular situation is highly unique-unique because it is taking place in a science classroom in a public school!

Waste Water: A Valuable Resource

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Waste water isn't a problem-it's a valuable resource, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineer.

Using A Computer In High School Chemistry, Floyd F. Sturtevant, Kenneth A. Hartman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The advent of the computer is having a great influence on our society and the educational system. Many public school systems have contracted with institutions and organizations for use of their computer facility in class scheduling, pupil accounting, fiscal accounting, preparation of student grades and the like. The computer has not, with the exception of some experimental situations, been widely used in the public schools as an instructional tool. The advent of the time-sharing and multi-tasking computer provides the opportunity for public schools to avail themselves of an instructional computer at a reasonable cost without employing specialized computer scientists. It …

Nsf Reports 1970 Salaries

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Statisticians earned the highest median salaries ($16,900) among 313,000 scientific and technical personnel in the United States in 1970, the National Science Foundation reports. Computer scientists were second highest on the list with $16,500 and economists third with $16,300.

Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For teachers who are looking for more ideas and background in teaching earth and space science, this new publication should provide just the lift. Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science is a compilation of outstanding articles which have been brought together from Science and Children, 1963-1971, by William B. Matthews III, Professor of Geology at Lamar State College of Technology, Texas.

Nsta Combined Bibliography Ready

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Teachers, supervisors and administrators will find the new Bibliography of Science Courses of Study and Textbooks for Grades K-12 1970 helpful in planning the school science curriculum.

Orau To Develop Environmental Science Package For High School Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will develop and test a package of environmental measuring devices that high school students will build themselves from basic electronic components and then use to monitor air, water, noise and radiation pollution levels in their home communities.

Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Investigative Methods For The Science Teacher, Bernard D. Hermanson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The basis for this research project was the idea: Why tell or lecture students about an idea or fact when, if given the appropriate information, they would be able to figure it out for themselves? This does not mean that we hand the students a text and tell them to learn about the subject on their own, nor is this "investigative" approach to be used all the time. Because of the different levels of reasoning needed for various topics, one cannot expect a student to deduce the composition of an atom as easily as he can deduce the composition of …

Paramecia Affected By Leaf Extracts, M. Bley, B. Frenchick, K. Smith

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Leaves and needles from deciduous and coniferous trees play a major role in the formation of soil in their respective forests and thus help to determine the type of life that can successfully live there. Because of the known effects of leaf and needle litter on larger invertebrate life, earthworms, millipedes, etc., it was decided to experiment with infusions of paramecia derived from both leaves and needles to see if they were similarly affected.

The Ias Bulletin, V5n1, January 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1970-71
--- Note from the Editor of the Proceedings
--- Survey of Interest in the Iowa Science Teachers Journal
--- 83rd Session Joint Meetings Planned
--- General Session Speakers Named
--- Governor's Budget Hearings Involve Academy Officers
--- Iowa Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
--- Note from One of Our Older Members
--- The 137th Meeting of the AAAS, Chicago
--- ISTS Executive Committee Meeting
--- NSTA Meetings
--- Excellence in Teaching Awards
--- Action by the Social Implications Committee
--- AAAS Research Grant Funds Available
--- Questionnaire …

In Memoria - Yu Ying Fu Li, 1916-1969; Alfred W. Meyer, 1898-1970; Ben H. Peterson, 1893-1969; Joseph J. Runner, 1885-1970; Lawrence H. Willson, 1885-1970

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Back Cover - Iowa Academy Of Science Board Of Directors And Section Chairmen

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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How We Raise Paramecium, Easily, In Large Numbers, Eugene C. Bovee, Sandra C. Thompson, Mercedes L. Acuña

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We use more Paramecium spp. in our Physiological Protozoology course at the University of Kansas than any other cells, and use them in great numbers each week, so that we wish to avoid the cost of buying them commercially. Therefore, we raise our own cultures. For over twenty years the senior author has used the easy method described here to raise large numbers of Paramecium aurelia, P. cauclatum, or P. multimicronucleatum, with consistent success.

Doctoral Dissertation Research Awards Broadened

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dr. William D. McElroy, Director of the National Science Foundation, has authorized the broadened use of doctoral dissertation research awards to include the environmental sciences (atmospheric and earth sciences and oceanography) and the biological field sciences such as ecology, systematics, and biological oceanography.

The Role Of Science In The Elementary School, Dean Halverson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For years we have taught science in the elementary school with little thought as to its role in light of the teachers and pupils in the schools. A successful program must be designed with their capabilities and interests in mind; therefore it is essential that we take a better look at the elementary teachers and their students.