Discusses the definition and characteristics of student projects conducted in polytechnics, including evaluation techniques and a description of possible topics. Indicates that the project method is also used in course work leading to the Higher National Certificate and the Graduate Membership of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. (CC)

Discusses two types of historical projects conducted by O-level pupils at Clifton College: studies of famous chemists and projects on the development of industrial chemicals. Indicates that a project in the history of chemistry is characterized by its practical and philosophical approach to chemistry study. (CC)

Summarizes the recommendations made by the Panel on Chemical and Health of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Indicates the need of research in the biological effect of chemicals and a scientific flexibility rather than legal rigidity in their regulation. (CC)

The relative retrieval performances of the CA Integrated Subject File (CAISF), CA Condensates, and a Merged File created from these two data bases were measured. Retrieval performance is reported in terms of recall, precision values, and costs. (Author/JB)

Examines the role of science in the curricula of British schools at the primary, middle and secondary levels and draws attention to certain problem areas. (JR)

Discusses ideas and trends that are rapidly developing in science education in the United States, and describes how a specific secondary school science program, the Interdisciplinary Approach to Chemistry (IAC), is attempting to translate those ideas into action in the classroom. (JR)

Summarizes results of two questionnaire studies on student evaluation of courses and instruction, respectively, conducted in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and by the Committee on Undergraduate Teaching of the Division of Chemical Education, The American Chemical Society. Included are two samples of the…

Summarizes a survey of students' criteria for favorable and unfavorable responses to teaching evaluation questionnaires, involving results from 40 undergraduate and 15 graduate students. Indicates the dependence between the student's expectations upon entering a course and his acquired experience upon its completion. (CC)

Describes the present status of science as an industrialized-affluent culture resting upon a public woefully lacking in scientific background and scientists with activities taken in by nihilism. Suggests all scientists actively work together through teaching, talk, and behavior to counter the forces of anti-science and nihilism. (CC)