Teacher retraining in a subject area different from the teacher's original training and certification may be the most viable way of retaining the best teachers and filling the most critical vacancies. The conditions for retraining should be built into the undergraduate curriculum, including liberal arts and interdisciplinary education. (MSE)

Undergraduate-level student research benefits both faculty and students, but the scarcity of public/private funding and loss of National Science Foundation (NSF) support are clouding the outlook. (Author/JN)

Course descriptions were compared with student observations of the incidence of cancer-educational events in the medical curriculum. The method is recommended for assessing deficiencies and redundancies in any curriculum in both qualitative and quantitative ways. (MSE)

Discussed are the: (1) Notion of Mathematical Objects and the Realist Approach; (2) Psychological Need for Mathematical Realities, A Psychological Point of View; (3) Formalist Approach; (4) Meaning of Mathematical Existence; (5) Relative versus Absolute Existence; (6) Psychological Need for Mathematical Realities and the Offer of Mathematics; and…

Undergraduate pharmacy communication skills training's effect on students' acquisition of interpersonal skills was studied in three analyses: (1) empathic listening in simulated pharmacy interviews; (2) self-reported assertiveness; and (3) moral reasoning, ability to discriminate empathic responsiveness, cognitive complexity, and attitudes toward…

Urban and regional development in Third World countries has been changing in terms of aims, planning style, analytic methods and scope. These evolving perspectives are reviewed, and recommendations for incorporating such changes into professional programs in urban and regional studies are presented. (WB)

Describes an undergraduate general education course offered at Harvard College during the 1950s and 1960s. Looks at the course's use of lectures, section meetings, and term papers. Emphasizes the mutual learning of the undergraduates and their graduate section leaders, course content, and adjustments to changing student attitudes and temperaments.…

This study extends research of college students' comprehension of implication into the area of conjunction and disjunction. The results indicated that the majority of the students did not comprehend conjunction and disjunction well enough to correctly respond to most subtest components. (MP)

Presents a unique undergraduate course designed for the training and supervision of group leaders, and describes a combination of a didactic and experiential workshop and seminars for training and supervising group leaders. (Author)

Discusses how undergraduate psychology programs can contribute to a good, general education. Programs can reinforce intellectual skills, such as a sense of history, the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, and the ability to think quantitatively. The educational factors influencing sex differences in mathematical ability are…

Two new packages designed to aid students in typical undergraduate biochemistry courses are described. These packages deal with alcoholic fermentation and the reversal of glycolysis and the reactions of the citric cycle. (MP)

Lists institutions determined to offer chemistry courses unique in content, methodology, clientele, length, or other ways. Also lists key words indicating nature of courses offered and institutions teaching courses characterized by the key word. Information was derived from questionnaires sent to chemistry chairpersons at four-year and community…

A major undergraduate problem-solving exercise is described concerning a problem of foreign policy formation. The teaching strategy is outlined and important issues in the process are identified and discussed. Guidelines for improving the strategy and an outline plan for introductory sequences prior to the exercise are included. (Author/MLW)

Discusses reasons for including differential equations in the required course of study for engineering technology (ET) students. Briefly describes mathematics requirements of the ET Division of the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton. Provides an outline of their differential equations course for ET students. (CS)

The new teaching format of a behavioral science course at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine is described. Specific objectives were to present an introduction of life's developmental cycles, the nature of mind-body relationships, and dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship, and to develop interviewing skills. (MLW)