1. Preface

   • Colin Power
   • Denis Goodrum

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - v

2. Science education research: Present and future

   • Peter J. Fensham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 4

3. The republic of science education research

   • Colin Power

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 12

4. Bloom's theory of school learning—A summary of the implications for science education

   • Leonie Rennie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 14

5. Teaching behaviour and science achievement

   • R. Lewis
   • J. P. Keeves

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22

6. A new statistical procedure for the analysis of hierarchy validation data

   • Alan R. Barton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 31

7. School-based developmental research—From ideas to implementation

   • J. R. Northfield
   • L. C. Ingvarson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 41

8. The forest and the woodchips—are they al ternative paradigms for studying the tree of science education?

   • Peter J. Fensham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 52

9. The aims of science courses

   • N. R. Thorley
   • D. J. Boud
   • T. Kennedy

   BriefCommunication Pages: 53 - 54

10. Students' attitudes to an inner-city environment

    • W. D. Ponniah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 68

11. The relationship between attitudes and school achievement: A further exploration

    • M. N. Maddock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 74

12. Science achievement and attitudes at primary and secondary interface

    • Colin Power

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 84

13. Investigating student understanding of basic physics concepts using an interview-about-instances technique

    • Roger J. Osborne
    • John K. Gilbert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 93

14. Working memory capacity and learning difficulties

    • N. C. Kellett

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 101

15. Misconceptions in physical science among non-science background students: II

    • R. D. Linke
    • M. I. Venz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 109

16. The impact of the inclusion of ASEP materials on some cognitive outcomes in different types of Tasmanian schools

    • Darrell L. Fisher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118

17. Aspects of change associated with the concept of evolution in the Australian science education project

    • Rod Fawns

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 121

18. Scientific language and the Tasmanian high school child. The tendency to generalise

    • P. P. Lynch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 132

19. The effectiveness of the use of games as a revision technique in junior high school science

    • Gaye Rosen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 143

20. Audio-tutorial approach—A multi-media or an individualized method of instruction?

    • Abdul G. Khan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 147

21. Science classroom practices and design characteristics of instructional materials: A case study

    • John Dekkers
    • Anne Dowd

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 157

22. Critical thinking ability in science—What can be measured?

    • M. J. Sullivan
    • C. J. Dawson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 167

23. Cognitive conflict: Its nature and use in the teaching of science

    • J. A. Rowell
    • C. J. Dawson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 175

24. Creative and logical thinking in adolescents

    • Denis Goodrum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 182