Designed for use in Trident Technical College's Secretarial Science Instructional Lab, this learning module provides self-instructional lessons and self-tests to teach students to operate the IBM Electronic 75 Typewriter and use the storage capabilities and special features of the machine. Each lesson focuses on one or more specific tasks,…

As one in a series of test items collections developed by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the Directorate of Studies, the guide gives a wide range of questions and activities for the manipulation of scientific equipment to allow assessment of students' practical laboratory skills. Instructions are given to make norm-referenced or…

The first of three sections of this handbook deals with the use of the computer in the learning resource center. A dictionary of computer terms is followed by a description of areas of computer use in the learning resource center. Information for first-time computer users is then provided, including use of the Apple microcomputer and care and use…

Information on a telecourse program at the University of Kentucky is provided, based on a survey of the user population of the media-based educational program. This population consisted of 88 adult learners and other more nontraditional students. The telecourses were one component of the instructional system, which included printed materials,…

Unique characteristics of a continuing education course in phlebotomy offered through Tarrant County Junior College in Forth Worth, Texas, are described. The course was created to address the lack of theoretical knowledge in the hospital-trained phlebotomist. The first course was offered in July 1979 on a noncredit basis for 2 nights a week for 4…

Describes the use of bio-medically significant materials to teach a self-pacing chemistry laboratory course to nursing majors. Indicates that the student can learn from the course to determine values of body fluid constituents, about their variations among healthy populations, and about difficulties inherent in making such measurements. (CC)

Discusses the offering of day-long sessions entitled "Science and Society" to high school students at Kansas State Teachers College with the purpose of increasing public understanding of science. Included is a brief description of laboratory experiments carried out in the sessions. (CC)

Describes Project BIOTECH, a program for the development of teaching modules for the education and training of life science technicians. (JR)

Discusses the educational values of participating in science fairs, and outlines the procedure used at Saint Ursula Academy, Toledo, to interest each biology student in an individual investigation. (JR)

Learning assistance is a relatively new idea in education in the United States since most learning centers have come into existence since 1970. Although developmental education has become accessible in remote areas and many financial and psychological barriers have been lifted, much more could be accomplished in this area if more evaluative…

In order to help meet the need for scientifically based practice, as well as the need for a structure within which diverse approaches to practice can be encompassed, this article explicates the concept of scientific practice. The concept is developed as an organic combination of four subconcepts: the task of a practitioner, the scientific…