Surveys the innovations that are occurring in chemical education and raises questions that must be answered to assure that innovation has not occurred at the expense of education quality. (GS)

This training manual presents material on techniques and instrumentation used to develop data in field monitoring programs and related laboratory operations concerned with water quality and pollution monitoring. Topics include: collection and handling of samples; bacteriological, biological, and chemical field and laboratory methods; field…

This manual is designed to provide laboratory personnel with information about chemical hazards and ways of disposing of chemical wastes with minimum contamination of the environment. The manual contains a reference chart section which has alphabetical listings of some 1200 chemical substances with information on the health, fire and reactivity…

Instructions accompanied by illustrations for building a low-cost demonstration spectroscope are presented. Materials and tools are pictured and labeled. Cost is estimated at five dollars (in 1980) and twelve hours of work are required to build the spectroscope. (SA)

THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS AN ANALYSIS OF TYPES OF CHEMICAL LITERATURE, WHERE THEY MAY BE OBTAINED, AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED. PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION ARE ANALYZED. PRIMARY SOURCES INCLUDE PERIODICALS, UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL…

WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THIS BOOK DEALS WITH TEST CONSTRUCTION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PLANNING, RULES FOR WRITING TEST ITEMS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF EXAMINATIONS. PRESENTED ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING INSTRUMENTS TO TEST FOR (1) VARIOUS KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE, (2) UNDERSTANDING, AND (3) THE…

CHEMISTRY PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 1964 IN LEADING SCIENCE TEACHING JOURNALS OF THE WORLD ARE INCLUDED IN THIS UNESCO PUBLICATION. THE PAPERS CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IN UNIVERSITIES, TEACHER PREPARATION INSTITUTES, AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE PAPERS ARE REPRINTS OF THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL…

This paper explores the possible measurable effects of mentors (major professors) on the subsequent productivity of the mentor's students. Also asked is whether there are benefits to the productive scientist who acts as a mentor. Analysis is based on a population of male biochemists (N=66) who obtained their doctorates in 1957, 1958, 1962, and…

FACTORS WHICH WERE BELIEVED TO CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WERE INVESTIGATED. THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM 130 FOUR-YEAR SECONDARY PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS WAS COMPARED TO CLASS RANK, AND EXAMINED IN RELATION TO SUCH SCHOOL VARIABLES AS (1) SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, (2) SCIENCE AND…

Compared were student attitudes toward scientists and science at the beginning and end of an introductory college chemistry course at The Pennsylvania State University. The relationship between grade achievement and student attitude was also investigated. The relationships within subgroups based on class rank in high school, high school science…

Surveyed were current objectives, teaching methods and teaching materials used in introductory college chemistry. Six general objectives were identified: (1) to develop the ability to do critical thinking, (2) to make the students familiar with the facts, principles, and concepts of chemistry, (3) to help the students understand the nature of…

Analyzed were attitudes toward science and critical thinking skills of chemistry and non-chemistry students. One hundred and fifty-three chemistry students and 149 non-chemistry students were randomly selected for the study. Criterion tests used were the "Cornell Critical Thinking Test, Form X" and the "Reaction Inventory, Attitudes…

This supplementary report of the Committee on Curriculum and Advanced Courses of the Advisory Council on College Chemistry provides an analysis of problems in two-year college chemistry. It gives close attention to the transfer of students from junior colleges to full degree institutions. The course requirements necessary in junior college…