Introduction to Physical Geology, Fundamentals of Physical Science, Theory of Elementary Mathematics, Patterns in Nature, The Living World, University Physics, and Methods of Teaching Biology. Evaluation has focused on two central questions: What effect, if any, have the summer workshops had on participant faculty’s use of reformed teaching methods? And what effect, if any, does the use of reformed methods have on student achievement? The following sections describe evaluation efforts in five courses and a brief evaluation of the teaching methods used by some recent graduates as they begin their elementary, middle, or high school teaching careers.

Fundamentals of Physical Science (PHS 110) is an introductory course designed specifically for preservice elementary school teachers. A test of physics concepts, developed by course instructors and the ACEPT evaluation team, was administered to four experimental and two control PHS 110 sections at the beginning and again at the end of a recent semester. A member of the ACEPT Program at ASU (the principal investigator) taught one experimental section. Community college instructors who had participated