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Presents the reasons for the loss of high ability women from science, mathematics and engineering undergraduate majors. Differential impact of the weed-out system; Differences in evaluation of learning experiences; Legacy of pre-college socialization; Negative attitudes and behavior of male peer.

Explores ways in which education deficiencies can be corrected to help children acquire scientific knowledge, interests, skills and ways of thinking without damaging their cultural beliefs and experiences. Guidelines for curriculum development; Influence of sociocultural factors; Shift in the emphasis of education; Anti-racist science education; Need to personalize learning in science.

The article argues on the value of drama processes in science classrooms in the U.S. as away of enabling students to learn openly from and with each other and of enhancing higher order learning skills. Descriptive studies have starkly revealed the pervading uniformity that prevails within national systems, between nations and through time. The National Science Foundation's described instruction is aimed at fundamental factual knowledge that tended to neglect applications to daily life and society and the higher-order thinking skills.

The article discusses the newly proposed construction methodology for educational test called the Course Evaluation I which was developed in the U.S. This was the result of study that uses the general and valid instruments in the selection of the most appropriate level of test for a particular course. The test was evaluated as to its validity with the use of an analytical instrument called the McNemar chi square. Validation covers as to how the test achieves a certain aim in learning. The validation based the actual learning of the students instead of the objective learning required by teachers. This was done to be able to arrive at a formative evaluation of the students.

The article presents a study regarding the student's responses on teaching the topics related to science, technology and society in the U.S. The research use parameters like Likert scaling, written paragraphs, semistructured interviews and empirically developed multiple choices as basis for the assessment. The analytical investigation revealed that most of grade school children were influenced by television as medium for discovery and possess simple views on issues about science. The result of the poll will serve as a challenge among science educators on how to effectively use media in battling against shallow views on science education.