Data pertaining to the number of science teachers and the population trends in England are presented. Several curriculum predictions are given based on the data. (SA)

Describes activities of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Agriculture and Mechanical University (A&M) of Texas. Brief history of Texas (A&M) University's graduate and undergraduate programs, research efforts and the foreseeable future of the department are also included. (HM)

Describes an undergraduate chemical engineering course which was designed at North Carolina State University to introduce the experimental side of chemical process technology. The course lectures, experiments, objectives, evaluation and information sources are also discussed. (HM)

Describes a chemistry course for nonspecialist chemistry students at Sheffield University, England. Visitations to establishments within a twenty-mile radius of the school are listed. Emphasis is on the theory and practice of chemistry and the social implications of science. (SA)

Describes the results of a survey intended to determine the factors influencing students' attitudes towards practical work during the early part of their university career. (Author/SA)

Among the variables considered, the best predictor of achievement in biology is the IQ of the students; the type of ninth-grade science course completed seems to have very little to do with subsequent performance in biology. (DS)

Describes a British project which aims to produce a series of case studies of science education in middle and comprehensive schools. The methodology used to carry out the case studies and the structure of the framework of the project are included. (HM)

This paper, presented at the conference on the role of the laboratory in physics education which was held in Oxford, England in July 1978, describes how a Malaysian University has presented electronics and the laboratory work as a forced component in physics curriculum. (HM)

Described is a graduate course in catalysis offered at Penn State University. A detailed course outline with 30 lecture topics is presented. A list of 42 references on catalysis used in place of a textbook is provided. (BT)

Described is a graduate level engineering course on functional analysis offered at Purdue University. The course restricts itself to linear problems, specifically analysis of linear operators on vector spaces. Key applications in the course demonstrating the utility of abstract formulations are presented. (BT)

Described is a graduate level engineering course offered at Princeton University in colloidal phenomena stressing the physical and dynamical side of colloid science. The course outline, reading list, and requirements are presented. (BT)

Described is a two-semester, first year graduate level course offered at the University of Notre Dame on mathematical methods in chemical engineering. An unusual characteristic of the course is that the lectures are given on transparencies shown by an overhead projector, the students receiving printed copies of the transparencies. (BT)

Described is the first quarter of a three quarter graduate course for the general engineering student on the molecular theory of thermodynamics and transport phenomena at the University of Minnesota. Three sections from the course, considered to exemplify its spirit and substance, are presented. (BT)

Presents the argument that the decline in Astronomy courses in secondary schools from 1894-1957 was caused by the Committee of 10 Report. This report emphasized the requirement of physics and chemistry for admission to college. Astronomy was considered an elective science course stressing direct observations and classroom instruction. (MA)

Reports on a study that addresses the implications of instructional strategies that are used to create cognitive disequilibrations to achieve conceptual change. Discusses several difficulties in the application of such conceptual change strategies. Contains 31 references. (DDR)