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Current Research in Elementary School Science
reviewed by R. C. Sharma - 1972
 Title: Current Research in Elementary School Science
Author(s): David L. Williams, Wayne L. Herman
Publisher: John Wiley, New York
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Science educators today are greatly concerned with improving science teaching at the elementary level. Though much headway has been made during the last decade, many crucial questions still remain unanswered, for example: What specific behavioral objectives must be developed in children at the elementary stage? What methods and techniques are best suited to achieve those objectives? How can we measure them effectively? Current Research in Elementary School Science is a compilation of several important reports of research done in the field of elementary science teaching. Though the conclusions that are drawn do not give us any final answers, they do provide many ideas and material for further experimentation and research. The articles are classified into seven sections: "The Objectives of Science Education," "The Teaching-Learning Process," "Learning Concepts," "Process of Thinking and Problem Solving," "Instructional Materials," "The Pre-Service Instruction of Elementary School Teachers of Science," and "The Improvement of In-Service Science Instruction for Elementary Education." Although the most crucial question in teaching science is deciding what objectives we want to achieve, the studies... (preview truncated at 150 words.)
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- R. Sharma
Teachers College, Columbia University
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