Mike Atkin

Refereed Research and Professional Sites

  1. "Needed: Elementary School Science Consultants," The Science Teacher, Vol. 24, No. 6, 270-272+, October 1957.

  2. "Elementary School Science Programs: Appraisal and Recommendations," Improving Science Programs in Illinois Schools (W.O. Stanley, ed.), Urbana: University of Illinois Press, l958, pp. 38-44.

  3. "The University of Illinois' Role in Improving Science Teaching in the Elementary School," Improving Science Programs in Illinois Schools (W. O. Stanley, ed.), Urbana: University Illinois Press, l958, pp. 62-67.

  4. "A Study of Formulating and Suggesting Tests for Hypotheses in Elementary School Science Learning Experiences," Science Education, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 414-422, December l958.

  5. "The Elementary-School Science Curriculum," The Science Teacher, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 5l-54, March 1960.

  6. "Critique -- `Rethinking Science Education,’" The Science Teacher, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 9-10, May 1960.

  7. "Teaching Concepts of Modern Astronomy to Elementary School Children," Science Education, Vol. 45, No. 1, February 1961.

  8. "The University of Illinois Elementary-School Science Project," Elementary-School Science Bulletin, Issue No. 66, December 1961.

  9. (with Robert Karplus), "Discovery or Invention?" The Science Teacher, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 45-51, September 1962. (Also in four books of readings including Edward Victor and Marjorie Lerner, Readings in Science Education for the Elementary School, Macmillan, 1967.)

  10. "Some Evaluation Problems in a Course Content Improvement Project," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 1, pp. 129-132, 1963. (Also in seven books of readings, including James J. Gallagher, Teaching Gifted Students, Allyn and Bacon, 1965.)

  11. "Science in the Elementary School," Review of Educational Research, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 263-272, June 1964.

  12. "A Role for the University in Science Curriculum Improvement at the Elementary-School Level," Current Issues in Higher Education, l964, pp. 149-152, Association for Higher Education, Washington, D. C.

  13. "Science Education: ‘Process’ and ‘Content’ in Grade Schools," (letter), Science, Vol. 151, No. 3714, p. 1033, 4 March 1966.

  14. "Basing Curriculum Change on Research and Demonstration," Educational Forum, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 27-33, November 1966.

  15. "The Federal Government, Big Business, and Colleges of Education," Educational Forum, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 391-402, May 1967.

  16. "Research Styles in Science Education," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 338-345, 1967-68. (Also in four books of readings including R. C. Anderson, et al, Current Research in Instruction, Prentice-Hall, 1969.)

  17. "A Critical Look at ‘Process’ in Science Education," The EPIE Forum (Educational Products Information Exchange), Vol. 1, Nos. 8-9, pp. 6-10, April-May 1968.

  18. "Behavioral Objectives in Curriculum Design: A Cautionary Note," The Science Teacher, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 27-30, May 1968. (Also in eight books of readings including R. C. Anderson et al, Current Research on Instruction, Prentice-Hall, 1969; B. R. Worthen and J. R. Sanders, Educational Evaluation, Jones, 1973; David Hamilton, et al, Beyond the Numbers Game, McCutchan, 1977).

  19. (With R. Will Burnett), "Science Education," Encyclopedia of Educational Research (Fourth Edition). New York: The Macmillan Co., 1969, pp. 1192-1206.

  20. "On Looking Gift Horses in the Mouth: The Federal Government and the Schools," Educational Forum, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 9-20, November 1969.

  21. "The Kerner Commission Report and Educational Change," in The Kerner Report Revisited. Urbana: Institute of Government and Public Affairs, 1970, pp. 25-30.

  22. "Science Teaching: Innovations," Encyclopedia of Education. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1971, Vol. 8, pp. 134-137.

  23. "Distinction With Distinctiveness," (letter) Educational Researcher, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 2, February 1972.

  24. "Teachers' Dilemma," Annual Education Review, New York Times, 8 January 1973, p. 55.

  25. "Practice Oriented Inquiry: A ‘Third Approach’ to Research in Education" (Editorial), Educational Researcher, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 3,4, July 1973.

  26. "The Rhetoric and the Reality of Educational Change," Educational Technology, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 16-19, November 1973.

  27. "Grouchy Marx," (Review of Alain Touraine's The Academic System in American Society), Universities Quarterly (UK), Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 118-121, Winter 1974.

  28. "Colleges of Education and the Organized Teaching Profession: A Troubled Relationship," New York University Education Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 8-13, Summer 1976. (An abridged version in Education Digest, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 58-61, November 1976.)

  29. "A ‘New Evaluation’ Perspective for Professors of Education," in The Professor of Education: An Assessment of Conditions. Society of Professors of Education, College of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, l975, pp. 81-84.

  30. "The Antagonism of the Intellectual," (Review of Everett Carll Ladd, Jr. and Seymour Martin Lipset's The Divided Academy: Professors and Politics), New Universities Quarterly (UK), Vol. 30, No. 4, Autumn 1976, pp. 490-5.

  31. "Ph.D.'s and Education Policy" (Editorial), Educational Researcher, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 1978.

  32. "Institutional Self-Evaluation Versus National Professional Accreditation or Back to the Normal School?" Educational Researcher, Vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 3-7, November 1978.

  33. "Competency Tests...Do They Do More Harm Than Good?" Illinois Alumni News, Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 16, January 1979.

  34. "Education Accountability in the United States," Educational Analysis (U.K.) Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 5-21, Summer 1979.

  35. "The Government in the Classroom," Dædalus, (Issue title: "The End of Consensus?"), Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 85-97, Summer 1980. (Also published by University of London Institute of Education as the Ninth Sir John Adams Lecture and reprinted by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C. with the title "Washington vs. the Public Schools.")

  36. "External Forces and the Instructional Program," California School Boards, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 3-9, September 1980.

  37. "Who Will Teach in High School?" Dædalus (Issue title "America's Schools: Public and Private"), Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 91-103, Summer 1981.

  38. Review of Neil J. Smelser and Robin Content's The Changing Academic Market, Studies in Higher Education (UK), Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 192, 193, 1981.

  39. (with Ernest R. House), "The Federal Role in Curriculum Development, 1950-1980," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 5-36, September - October 1981.

  40. Review Article: Harry Judge, American Graduate Schools of Education: A View from Abroad, Oxford Review of Education (UK), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 63-69, 1983.

  41. "The Improvement of Science Teaching," Dædalus, (Issue title: "Scientific Literacy"), Vol. 112, No. 2, pp. 167-187, Spring 1983.

  42. "Preparing To Go To The Head of The Class," Basic Education: Issues, Answers, and Facts, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1985.

  43. "Complexity," Stanford Magazine, (A response to the question, "What Is the Question?"). Vol. 14, No. 4, Winter 1986.

  44. Review Article: "HM Inspectorate Reports on Initial Teacher Training, Department of Education and Science," Studies in Higher Education, (UK) Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 229-232, 1987.

  45. Review Article: "Her Majesty's Inspectorate" (Review of Denis Lawton and Peter Gordon, HMI), Oxford Review of Education (UK), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 257-262, 1989.

  46. (with Bruce B. King), Review Article: Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple (eds), The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 471-475, 1989.

  47. "Can Educational Research Keep Pace with Education Reform?" Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 71, No. 8, pp. 200-205, November 1989. (An abridged version, "Why Educational Research Can't Keep Up with Reform," in Education Digest, Vol. 55, No. 8, April 1990, pp. 3-7.)

  48. "On ‘Alliances’ and Science Education," Education Week (Commentary), Vol. 9, No. 29, 11 April 1990, p. 36.

  49. Review Article: "Research and Reform in Science Education: A Dilemma?" (Review of Peter J. Fensham, ed., Development and Dilemmas in Science Education), Studies in Science Education, Vol. 18, 1990, pp. 159-164.

  50. "Teach Science for Science's Sake; For Global Competitiveness, Try Technology," Education Week (Commentary), Vol. 10, No. 4, 26 September 1990, p. 32.

  51. "Teaching as Research: An Essay," Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol. 8, No. 4, August 1992, pp. 381-390.

  52. "Developments in the Philosophy/Sociology of Science and Action Research," Educational Action Research: an International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1993, pp. 187-188.

  53. (with Allan Feldman), "Research in Science Education in the USA," Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1993, pp. 281-289.

  54. (with Jenifer Helms), "Getting Serious about Priorities in Science Education," Studies in Science Education, Vol. 21, 1993, pp. 1-20.

  55. Review Article: "European Union?" (Review of P. J. Linjnse, ed., European Research in Science Education: Proceedings of the First Ph.D. Summer School) Studies in Science Education, Vol. 25, 1995, pp. 311-316.

  56. "El Papel de los Cientificos en la Reforma Curricular: El Proyecto 2061," Revista De Educación, 310: Innovaciones en las enseñanza de las ciencias. Madrid: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 1996.

  57. (with Paul Black), "Policy Perils of International Comparisons: The TIMSS Case," Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 79, No. 1, 1997, pp.22-28.

  58. "Applying Historic Lessons to Current Educational Reform," prepared for the National Academy of Sciences Symposium commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the launching of Sputnik I, October 4, 1997, Washington, DC. http://www.nas.edu/sputnik/atkin.htm (+ atkin2.htm + atkin3.htm).

  59. "Sustaining Partnerships: Some New Challenges and Opportunities," On Common Ground, No. 8, Winter 1998, pp. 11, 12.

  60. "Comments on the ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions) Programme on Capacity Building in Science," Studies in Science Education, Vol. 31, 1998, pp. 92-96.

  61. "The OECD Study of Innovations in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol.30, No.6, 1998, pp. 647-660.

  62. Review article: "How Science Teachers Lose Power" (Review of J. F. Donnelly and E. W. Jenkins, Science Education: Policy, Professionalism and Change. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 2001) Studies in Science Education, Vol. 37, 2002, pp. 163-171.

  63. "Swimming Upstream: Relying on Teachers’ Summative Assessments," Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2006, pp. 1-4.

  64. (with Mistilina Sato), "Supporting Change in Classroom Assessment," Educational Leadership, Vol. 64, No. 4, December 2006/January 2007, pp. 76-79.

  65. "What Role for the Humanities in Science Education Research?" Studies in Science Education, Vol. 43, 2007, pp. 62-87.