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The article presents information on the executive board meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), held May 17, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Three members of the Board of Executives of the NARST met at the Palmer House in Chicago. They were Ira C. Davis, Earl R. Glenn and N. Eldred Bingham. Part of the morning was devoted to selecting the following committees: Elementary Science Committee, Junior High School Science Committee, Senior High School Science Committee, Junior College Science Committee and, Teacher Education Committee. Besides, announcement regarding NARST's 1948 meeting was also made.

The article previews the 34th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held on February 22-25, 1961 at the Pick-Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. It highlights the 1960-1961 officers of NARST who attended the meeting. It presents the schedule for the meeting's daily activities. It includes information on the issues that were addressed at various meetings.

This article presents the official minutes of the business meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching at Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on February 16, 1952. J. Darrell Barnard, president of the association, delegated tasks to several members of the organization. In this regard, Betty Wheeler will be responsible for keeping in touch with chairman of level and special committees. On the other hand, George G. Mallinson was delegated to prepare plans for the graduate-student sessions for the meeting of the association in 1953.

The article offers information about the joint meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Council of Elementary Science International, held on February 13, 1960 at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting presents investigation and research involving science education. The improvement of astronomy education through a state-wide program is also one of the topics that are to be discussed in the meeting.

The article provides information on the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois on February 19-22, 1958. It includes information on key note speakers, daily programs and activities, as well as the officers of the association. Some of the topics include "Experience With a Physical Science Course at the Tenth Grade," "A Study of the Relationship of Specified Abilities in Chemistry to Each other and to Intelligence," and "Science Fiction as a Factor in Science Education.

The article highlights the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois from April 21-23, 1956. William C. Van Deventer, the president of NARST, presided the meeting. The Fourth Annual Review of Research in Science Education was the first activity in the series of activities presented at the three-day-event, which was spearheaded by Clarence H. Boeck. As the finale of the three-day-event, the annual luncheon of the members of NARST was conducted and was presided by science journalist Ruth Moore.

The article presents the official minutes of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) at the Pick-Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Clarence H. Boeck, president of the NARST, opened the annual business meeting at 7 p.m. with a brief welcome to the members. The committees reported in the order of the program on the second day of the meeting. The association approved the 34 new officers of NARST recommended by the Executive Committee. The committee then presented the slate of officers for 1961-1962.

The article presents information on the launch of an elementary science program in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, in the year 1928. There were no specific courses of study organized for any particular subjects at that point of time. The theory was based upon the assumption that each teacher would develop initiative which would result in an improvement in his teaching that in turn would reflect in the quality of work done by his students. Chicago has been gradually tuning its school system from an eight-year elementary school, four-year senior-high school system, into the 6-3-3 plan of organization involving the use of the elementary school, junior-high school and senior-high school. Also, there are some schools in Chicago which have not got success in establishing a satisfactory program of elementary science.

The article profiles Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the school of education at the University of Kansas. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 2, 1910. Anderson attained his Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts and Ph. D. degrees in 1932, 1934, and 1949 respectively. He has had numerous publications relating to education and science education in various educational publications, and had numerous experience in teaching. He was elected as the twenty-second president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) at the 27th Annual Meeting of the NARST in Chicago, Illinois.

The article discusses the report on a low-cost laboratory for general education physical science, which was presented at the meeting of Section Q of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held December 30, 1961 in Denver, Colorado. It reports on the problem at Roosevelt University to provide laboratory experience in science to prospective elementary school teachers and some other liberal arts students. The article details the development of a low-cost laboratory that is an extension of the lecture-discussion period and does not require student assistants.

The article announces the 1958 National Association for Research in Science Teaching meeting at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois on February 20-22. On February 22, a joint meeting will be held with the National Council for Elementary Science.