Describes the respective problem solving procedures, namely, the rule-formula application oriented and the strategy oriented in engineering and science as preconceived notions of each profession. Concludes that the fundamental paradigm is a unified model fitting many apparently unrelated bodies of knowledge. (CC)

Discusses current trends in engineering and science enrollment at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and indicates the possibility of short manpower supply in some professional fields in 1976. (CC)

A plea for attention by educational researchers to the relationship between the biophysical environment used for instruction and the pedagogical practices used in those environments. (Author)

Order can produce either freedom or rigidity of thought, whereas disorganization will usually promote fear and defensiveness. Business establishments can put orderliness to work for them in producing a climate of freedom by protecting and rewarding innovation while focusing effectively on objectives. (CK)

At the heart of contemporary problems in science and technology are economic, social and political issues. Students see this frequently more clearly than their teachers. (Editor)

Author discusses the possibilities for converting deserts and other undeveloped areas to productivity, emphasizing the need for a marriage of emerging science and technology with the knowledge of the professional geographer. (Author/SP)

Laboratory activities give students an opportunity to interact with computers in modes ranging from remote terminal use in laboratory experimentation to the direct hands-on use of a small digital computer with disk memory and on-line plotter, and finally to the use of a large computer under closed-shop operation. (Author/TS)

Four prepared computer programs are used as teaching and design aids in a senior-year course. They incorporate more than half of the mathematical models and analysis developed throughout the course. (Author/TS)

Understanding learning, and how it is encouraged or thwarted, will improve the design of schools, and can best be realized through joint action between behavioral scientist and designer. (Author)