Outlines a physical chemistry course which is designed for civil engineering juniors and seniors to solve environmental problems. (CC)

Author describes the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program (CUTE), developed by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory in Kansas City, Missouri, to prepare effective teachers for inner city schools. (CB)

Author describes a program which has reduced the bewilderment of entering students and, at the same time, has provided an effective means of orientation and exploration. (Editor/CB)

Prospective physics researchers do not get enough background and sophistication in physics at the undergraduate level in a college with no research program. Authors describe an enrichment program for such students that takes place during two summers of an MS degree program. (PS)

Details of a scope-and-sequence outline for problem solving in the elementary mathematics program of the Philadelphia School District are provided. The emphasis is seen to be on process rather than product. Information about the first 18 of 21 levels in the problem-solving strand is provided. (MP)

In a student initiated experimental program, undergraduate students assumed full responsibility for planning, staffing, and running introductory psychology laboratories. They supervised six sessions demonstrating psychological principles. The results of post-session quizzes and questionnaires showed that students absorbed course material, enjoyed…

The use of computers as a control device for large numbers of students is described in its five phases of operation: registration, instruction, examination, termination, and evaluation. Flow charts are included. (RAO)

The article critiques the Fagen-Long curriculum, an affective education program which provides emotionally disturbed and learning disturbed students with lessons in self-control. (SBH)

The framework for the sequential health education curriculum in the Armstrong-Ellis school district is the body's system. An outline is presented of the nutrition education component for grades 1 through 8. (MF)

The author presents methods and materials to be used in courses on death education at the elementary and secondary level. (HLM)

Analyzes the relationship of Saddleback Community College's structure to functions and outcomes in the context of current changes in structure at the state level. (KEH)

Argues for a continuing focus on writing across the curriculum. Explores one community college which encouraged writing across the curriculum through a cross-curricular committee, staff development, and a common book program. Concludes that a single writing teacher or department cannot promote writing as well as such a unified effort can. (SG)

Describes the progressive information design programs at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts (both undergraduate and graduate programs) which build on user needs and discourage premature assumptions regarding the best way to design user support. Describes how the concept of knowledge-infused design (which considers support of user and task…

Previous research has documented a need for the development of a sex education programme in Turkish schools in terms of adolescence readiness and the presence of misconceptions regarding critical aspects of sexual issues. Currently no school-based sex education is available for Turkish adolescents. This paper presents the development of a…