The fundamental structure of a typical mainstream two-semester organic chemistry course, populated mostly by life science majors and taught at universities throughout the United States, has changed little since the 1970s. However, much of the research on learning in organic chemistry has been devoted to characterizing student difficulties of…

CHEMISTRY PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 1964 IN LEADING SCIENCE TEACHING JOURNALS OF THE WORLD ARE INCLUDED IN THIS UNESCO PUBLICATION. THE PAPERS CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IN UNIVERSITIES, TEACHER PREPARATION INSTITUTES, AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE PAPERS ARE REPRINTS OF THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL…

Presents the advantages and disadvantages associated with the canned computer lab from the educational and software aspects. Summarizes two years of experience with canned labs and gives an example of a program and a typical student output. (GS)

This article provides information to aid in starting a course in musical acoustics. The selection of topics for lecture, a project-mode laboratory, texts, references, equipment, and lecture demonstrations are covered. (Author/CP)

The evolution of a laboratory oriented undergraduate plasma physics course is described. Brief accounts of the 14 experiments utilized in the course are provided. (CP)

Summarizes the thermodynamics of macromolecular systems, including theories and experiments of cyclic energy conversion with rubber and collagen as working substances. Indicates that an early introduction into the concept of chemical potential and solution thermodynamics is made possible through the study of the cyclic processes. (CC)

Presents the view that laboratory work has been overemphasized. Need to critically examine effects on students of this practice. Some objections to current laboratory hours include irrelevance to student's future careers, recipe-type experiments, and conflicts with main academic objectives. (PS)

Describes a one-quarter introductory electronics course in which the students use a variety of inexpensive integrated circuits to design and construct a large number of useful circuits. Presents the subject matter of the course in three parts: linear circuits, digital circuits, and more complex circuits. (GS)

Describes an undergraduate physical science course in which students choose the topics to be studied and areas of student interest can be pursued by individual projects. (CP)

Describes a chemistry curriculum for college freshmen that uses laboratory study of the chemical composition of meals eaten by students as the central activity from which theoretical and practical learning are derived. Presents a meal analysis flow diagram and a table of concepts included in the program. (GS)