New Approaches to Science Education Research, Abstracts of Presented Papers at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 42nd Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, February 1969.

Provided are abstracts of 44 papers presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching at Pasadena, California, February 6-9, 1969. Abstracts were provided by the authors and were edited by the ERIC Center for Science Education. Major topic headings include instruction in elementary science, the teaching of biology, teacher education programs in science, the teaching of chemistry, new instruments for research, the structure of knowledge, surveys of research, the teaching of physical sciences, new approaches and materials, the development of teaching competencies, the ways children learn, and the teaching of earth science. (GR)