Legal education is moving in the direction of the jurisprudential, more clinical education, cosmopolitanizing of faculty and student body, shortening three-year period to two years, more specialization, and secularization of church-related schools. (Author/KE)

A bibliography of publications authored, coauthored, or edited by Clark Kerr on the future of American higher education is presented. The specific topics of the publications, which cover 1939-1981, include the following: the failure of academic reform in the United States and Western Europe, changes and challenges ahead for community colleges,…

Presented is a graphical approach to teaching higher degree, rational function, and absolute value inequalities that simplifies the solution of these inequalities and thereby reduces the amount of classroom time that has to be devoted to this topic. Applications are also given for signum functions, maximum-minimum, and points of inflection…

This report is an analysis of data collected by a special project which surveyed issues and resources in teaching undergraduate sociology. The data was collected from a questionnaire mailed to a sample of 682 chairpersons of departments of sociology in universities, colleges, and community colleges. The overall response rate was 65%. The…

This collection of material is designed to illustrate the nature and variety of the idea of proof in mathematics. It is intended to be a "background book" for the use of teachers, particularly those in initial training courses. Individual chapter titles are: (1) The Role of Proof in Mathematics; (2) Logical Reasoning: The Idea of Implication; (3)…

Presented is the student manual for one of a series of self-instructional, computer based learning modules for an introductory, undergraduate chemistry course. Included in this introductory unit on solutions are objectives, prerequisites, pretest, discussion, and 20 problem sets. (BT)

Presented are the teacher's guide and student manual for one of a series of self-instructional, computer-based learning modules for an introductory, undergraduate chemistry course. The student module for this unit on dilution problems includes objectives, prerequisites, pretest, discussion, and 10 problem sets. Included in the teacher's guide are…

Presented are the teacher's guide and student manual for one of a series of self-instructional, computer-based learning modules for an introductory, undergraduate chemistry course. The student manual for this solution stoichiometry unit includes objectives, prerequisites, pretest, discussion, and 20 problem sets. Included in the teacher's guide…

The reasons that cause women to take significantly fewer mathematics courses than men are investigated. The subjects consisted of 377 female college freshmen enrolled at a small, private women's liberal arts college in the Midwest. All subjects were tested as part of the college's regular placement testing program prior to the Fall semester of the…

This document, an extensive revision of the original "Guidelines," was prepared by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)'s Commission on the Education of Teachers of Mathematics. It represents the current thought of the mathematics and mathematics education communities on the preparation of teachers of mathematics. Its developers…

The purpose of this document is to facilitate access to the substantial but widely scattered expository literature of the mathematical sciences. Over 1100 articles, and a few books of general interest, are listed. It is felt that the bibliography can be used by teachers to supplement their (or their students') background in standard undergraduate…

This study investigated differences between the mathematics achievement of students receiving homework assignments and those not receiving homework. Thirty college students were divided into two equal groups. One group was given homework by the instructor, and the other group was not given any homework during the course. As predicted, the…

The faculty of Dartmouth College was surveyed to measure the extent of instructional computing in undergraduate courses, including the total amount, the spread across the curriculum, and the variety of individual efforts. The on-campus teaching faculty received a short, four-question card asking if they had used computing in their courses. Those…

Two studies investigated the effects of earning college credits for freshman year courses--as a result of performance on the College Level Examination Program's (CLEP) General Examinations--on later academic success. These are multiple choice tests of English composition, social science, natural science, humanities, and mathematics. Both studies…

This paper outlines the objectives, perspectives, methodology, and educational significance of a research project being undertaken to analyze and evaluate black post secondary education. The major objective for undertaking this research is to determine whether, within selected social science disciplines, "client-centered" undergraduate teaching…