Describes a course for graduate teaching assistants aimed at familiarizing them with teaching techniques besides lecturing and to demonstrate how teachers' behaviors affect student learning. Utilizes a threefold format: each teaching associate is videotaped while teaching, each analyzes his videotape, and weekly seminars are held. (Author/GS)

Describes the study of electronics as a terminal course in electromagnetism. A lecture-laboratory approach is used with a strong emphasis on practical experience. Outlines the major topics of the lecture program and describes the activities used in the laboratory. (GS)

Describes the offering of a physics course where a mixture of teaching techniques and a wide variety of phenomena associated with light are used to attract students majoring in art, art history, psychology, photography etc. Indicates that the course is characterized by its in-depth and non-mathematical nature. (CC)

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 two approaches used to combat declining enrollment figures in freshman level physics. One approach involved a multimedia format and proved unsuccessful because of faculty resistance. The second approach involved the development of a new course sequence for nonmajors. Outlines the course sequence and presents data on increased enrollment.…

An interdisciplinary laboratory course is described in which the experimental methodology of physics is applied to problems of potential research interest to the nonphysicist. Special attention is given to those practical considerations which determine the structure and content of such a course with particular emphasis on the unique pedagogical…

This is a course required of all sophomores at the Colorado School of Mines. It introduces students to the principles of measurement theory at a higher level than is common in an elementary physics lab. The subjects of error analysis, graphing, least-squares analysis, experimental design, measuring instruments, and report writing are covered.…

Discusses a science fiction (SF) course conducted twice at Heidelberg College with lists of readings and supplementary aids presented. Indicates that the SF offerings are generally classified into three types and have the value of stimulating students' interests in science and its impact on civilization. (CC)

Describes the format and lists course content of a university-based workshop for elementary school teachers who require additional training because they may lack experience in performing experiments, demonstrations, and observations related to physics in elementary science courses. (Author/SK)

Describes a course using the prospect of living in space for motivating students to learn basic physics as well as differences between pure science and technology. Includes course content and a sample final examination. (Author/JN)