National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 45th Annual Meeting, Abstracts of Presented Papers.

Abstracts of papers presented to the 45th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching are arranged according to the topic for the session at which they were presented. Series of sessions were devoted to test and instrument development, evaluation, learning theory, verbal behavior, instructional methods and materials, student achievement, and teacher preparation. Single sessions were held for the presentation of research papers on teacher characteristics, student characteristics, and the history and philosophy of science. Abstracts of addresses to general sessions (on various aspects of science education research) by Raths, Sutman, and Broudy are included, as well as lists of the participants in two symposia (environmental education and the problems of beginning teachers). Papers on elementary, secondary, and college level science education are included for most topics. (AL)