Survey conducted to determine students' attitudes about programed learning revealed opinions favorable to this teaching method. (PS)

Presents an experiment in which a programmable calculator is employed as a data generating system for simulated laboratory experiments. The example used as an illustration is a simulated conductimetric titration of an aqueous solution of HC1 with an aqueous solution of NaOH. (Author/EB)

Describes a method of keeping records on each student's progress in an individualized instructional program in biology by utilizing punch cards. (BR)

Experiences with a teaching machine for self-paced individual teaching in physics are discussed and evaluated. The teaching system is described, the problems of choosing topics and making programs are examined, and student evaluation of the course is reported. (DT)

Summarizes the evolution of a highly concentrated introductory physics course which emphasizes the spiral approach and the use of audiovisual aids and closed circuit television in autolectures, seminars, and laboratory sessions with multiple options. Finds that this summer school course is satisfactory as indicated by students' high interest and…

Discusses the advantages and benefits of the audio-tutorial method of instruction in science, examines the kinds of secondary science programs that can be developed and the necessary equipment, and suggests the steps that should be followed in developing an audio-tutorial program. (JR)

Faced with the current situation of instructional aids that are mediocre and untested, Howard University has revised its undergraduate elementary science teachers course to include instruction on programmed materials. The course is based on the concepts of cybernetics (science of control and communications) and of teaching students the idea of…

To explore current trends in the utilization of educational technology to improve the teaching and learning of science at all levels, a series of state-of-the-art papers was prepared, then reviewed by the authors and nine other specialists at a meeting convened jointly by UNESCO and the Committee on Science Teaching of ICSU (International Council…

The Science Quality Education Project (SQEP) experimented with a model of teacher inservice training referred to as the trainer-of-trainers' model. The project was initiated to promote the use of TVOntario's science programming and television as a teaching tool in science instruction. Using this model, the training was first concentrated on a…