Although undergraduates have long held a role as teaching assistants for introductory science courses at liberal arts colleges and universities, educational institutions often do not provide these students with opportunities to explore science teaching and pedagogy. At Brandeis University, we designed an internship course to help increase the…

Describes the rationale and incentive for the development of investigative laboratories at the University of Nebraska. Details the training and continuing support system that allows the utilization of a largely undergraduate student teaching staff. Outlines problems created by the nature of the students enrolled in the course. (GS)

Describes a remedial physics laboratory course for students operating at the concrete Piagetian level of cognitive development. (SL)

Describes a one-semester junior course with emphases placed on students' use of instructions designed by their peers in doing laboratory exercises, and indicates the feasibility of such a plan to a rather small range of group sizes. (CC)

Describes an arrangement of a laboratory course in biochemistry designed to teach currently used biochemical techniques and then have students apply the procedures in a real research program so as to give students a better understanding of biochemistry. (BR)

Describes a one semester physics laboratory course which requires students to play roles of scientists, researchers, and technicians. (SL)

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

Describes the laboratory portion of a biology course which has been changed to incorporate a self-paced concept allowing students to attend the laboratory at their own convenience. (EB)

Describes an attempt to develop and staff a new first-year laboratory course at the University of Jordan. A postgraduate course in chemical education is used as the development and training vehicle. (BT)

Describes a final year undergraduate course in which students use X-ray diffraction to identify clay minerals. (SL)

Describes a two-year high school chemistry course for girls that includes visits to local industries, the study of their chemical processes, and work in their laboratories. (GA)

Describes a laboratory safety program at the University of Delaware. Includes a history of the program's development, along with standard safety training and inspections now being implemented. Outlines a two-day laboratory safety course given to all graduate students and staff in chemical engineering. (TW)