AUTHOR'S RESPONSE TO COMMENTS OF CRONIN, CHARRON, AND ESPINET.

The article presents the response of the author to the comments of Cronin, Charron, and Espinet to his article "Science Education in Elementary School: Some Observations." He cites that the article was intended to evoke thought and action to strengthen the enterprise of educating elementary school children in science, it was not intended to denigrate other aspects of science education. He also mentions that one of the basic point he was trying to make was to understand the intermediate understanding that should be brought to the students in any given instance of elementary science education instruction.