THIS ENTIRE JOURNAL IS DEVOTED TO ARTICLES WHICH DESCRIBE VARIOUS CAREERS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION. PART 1 CONTAINS ARTICLES ON CLASSROOM CAREERS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION. THE ARTICLES DISCUSS (1) BIOLOGY TEACHING AT VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, (2) THE BIOLOGY TEACHER AS A RESEARCHER, AND (3) TEACHER AIDES FOR SCIENCE PROGRAMS. PART 2 PRESENTS ARTICLES ON…

This is the 1975 National Science Foundation (NSF) annual survey of total graduate and postdoctoral enrollment in science and engineering in the United States. Data elements collected from 7,664 departments of 354 Ph.D. granting institutions include: (1) enrollment status (full and part-time); (2) level of study (first year and beyond first year);…

This review for 1975 has been issued to analyze and synthesize research related to the teaching and learning of science completed during the year. The review is intended to provide research information for development personnel, ideas for future research, and an indication of trends in research in science education. Research has been listed in…

In order to study the mechanism of student interest in a physical science course when the majority of students were interested in fields other than science, a system of measuring instruments was applied for detection of significant differences between two teaching methods used for this course. The study utilized the measured responses of 105…

Individualized Learning System Chemistry (ILS Chem) is a multi-media approach to learning basic chemical principles and their application to man's daily existence in which the student proceeds at his own rate through a series of instructional loops. This is a computer-managed, competency-based instructional system in which the individual student…

The electronic computer has brought about a mathematical revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. Once forbidding calculations are now within the reach of the average student and techniques which before had only theoretical interest have been seen to have practical value too. This book combines some of the familiar results and…

This booklet is both a teacher's manual and a student's manual in a series of booklets that make up the core of a Physical Science course designed for the freshman year of college and used by teachers in the 27 colleges participating in the Thirteen College Curriculum Program. This program is a curriculum revision project in support of 13…

This is part of a series of 42 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized course in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

This is part of a series of 42 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized course in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

This is Part of a series of 41 Calculus Based Physics (CBP) modules totaling about 1,000 Pages. The modules include study guides, practice tests, and mastery tests for a full-year individualized courses in calculus-based physics based on the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). The units are not intended to be used without outside materials;…

All students enrolling in the day sections of Physical Science 101 at Pensacola Junior College (Florida) during the spring semester of 1974 were allowed to register for either audio-tutorial (A-T) or conventional coursework. The A-T group consisted of 144 students in two sections, and the lecture-discussion group consisted of 76 students in two…

Using student ability, measured by grade point average and cognitive structure, as measured by the number of high school and college courses in science and mathematics, as predictor variables, the investigator attempted to determine the reliability of the use of advance organizers to enhance the retention of meaningful concepts. Students enrolled…

The goal of this research study was to develop laboratory materials which would present concepts about plants and selected processes of science to undergraduate elementary education students. Three laboratory exercises, each covering a number of concepts dealing with an identified topic, were used. Behavioral objectives were used to combine major…

The research of Jean Piaget and his Genevan co-workers might lead one to believe that all adolescents are formal thinkers by the time they are 15 or 16 years of age. The studies reviewed by the author on formal thinking in the United States seem to support the contention that the majority of late adolescents and adults function at the concrete…

Under a 1972 grant from the National Science Foundation's College Science Improvement Program (CoSIP), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) undertook a major educational experiment involving the total reorientation of its educational programs. The encompassing effort is referred to as the WPI PLAN. A major facet of the WPI PLAN involves student…