Increasing the flexibility of a well equipped laboratory by eliminating rigid scheduling gives students a choice of experiment and allows them to do experiments in depth. Student motivation, interest, and learning were increased. (DF)

Describes a freshman level physics laboratory course which includes elements of mathematical statistics. (SL)

Presents a method of teaching advanced physics laboratories which simulates research conditions and requires students to make researchlike decisions. (SL)

Discusses how holography can be used as part of undergraduate physics laboratories. The authors propose a single beam technique of holography, which will reduce the recording scheme as well as relax the isolation requirements. (HM)

Presents the philosophy and mechanics of a professionally oriented astronomy laboratory for nonscience majors. Design of the laboratory, description of the exercises, and the results of using this approach at the University of Kansas are also described. (HM)

Discussed are the advantages and disadvantages of two different philosophical approaches, academic or traditional versus experimental, to the laboratory instruction of undergraduate physics students. The defects, failures, and limitations of each approach are detailed. (BT)

Describes an introductory individualized physics laboratory system for science and engineering students. (SL)

Traces the development of college physics laboratories. Discusses the motivating forces that produced these laboratories, sources of experiments and the first and most influential laboratory manual prepared by E. C. Pickering for use at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (JN)

Describes the use of an interactive computer terminal for introductory laboratory experiments. (SL)

Describes a course designed to familarize secondary teachers with laboratory apparatus and experiments suitable for the high school level. (SL)

Describes the construction and operational procedures of a spark-timing apparatus which is designed to record the back and forth motion of one or two carts on linear air tracks. Applications to measurements of velocity, acceleration, simple harmonic motion, and collision problems are illustrated. (CC)

Describes an application of solid-state memories in a laboratory course, which enables students to build electronic devices. Also introduces the fundamentals of analog-to-digital conversion and sampling theory. (CS)

Describes a series of laboratory experiments and computer simulations of the motion of electrons in electric and magnetic fields. These experiments, which involve an inexpensive student-built electron gun, study the electron mean free path, magnetic focusing, and other aspects. (Author/HM)