Discusses issues related to laboratory schools, including: laboratory schools and school reform; unique characteristics; the university setting; research capability; grade structure; professional staff; autonomy; history and tradition; parental support and involvement; and strengths of laboratory schools. The paper asserts that laboratory schools…

Investigated the effect of an individualized literacy program on the reading achievement of elementary students who were reading below grade level. The daily program was delivered by preservice elementary educators who were trained to tutor the students and promote social interaction. Pre- and posttest data indicated that all students benefitted…

Describes the Desert Willow Library and Classroom Building, Mesquite Student Services and Administration Building, Palo Verde Science Laboratories and Classroom Building, and Ironwood Central Plant of the title college, including educational context and design goals. Includes a general description; information on the architect, construction team,…

Presents an online trivia game on laboratory safety. (YDS)

Described is an activity in which students calculate constant velocity using a tape cassette player. The objectives, procedures, graphing directions, and formulas and values needed for the calculations are included. (KR)

Described are the theory and operation of Van De Graaff generators. The experience of one group of people in the reconditioning and repair of their apparatus is discussed. (CW)

Described is an inorganic chemistry course based on the premise that a balanced understanding of inorganic chemistry requires knowledge of the experimental, theoretical, and technological aspects of the subject. A detailed description of lectures and laboratories is included. (KR)

Described is a laboratory experiment that can be used to investigate bacterial survival in soil or water as well as the study of genetic transfer via conjugation. Discussed are materials, laboratory procedures, typical results, and a list of six references. (CW)

Discussed are the needs and objectives that should be evolving in biology education to meet the needs of modern students. Stressed are the principles of curriculum integration, relevance, cultural fitness, and adaptation. Directions for educational reform are described. (CW)

Discusses the hypothesis that similarities may exist between laboratory research paradigms evoking elevated blood pressure during task performance by normal subjects and video display terminal (VDT) work done by data clerks and college students. Type A behavior and the development of coronary heart disease are discussed, and further research needs…

Described are the uses of a spreadsheet program to compute the free energy change associated with a reaction; to model acid/base equilibria; and to solve equilibrium constant expressions. Stressed are the advantages derived from having the spreadsheet perform the multiple, trivial calculations. (CW)

Describes an undergraduate research program for minority students. The program and eight objectives of the first course of the program, "Introduction to Research," are presented. Some strengths and weaknesses of the course are considered. (YP)

Developments in microscale chemistry which have occurred in the late 1980s are reviewed. Possible directions for the future concerning the uses of microscale chemistry in organic, general, and high school chemistry are suggested. Twenty-three references are listed. (CW)

Presented is a method of constructing a wide variety of molecular models from inexpensive, durable materials. Equipment, supplies, atomic sizes, bond lengths and bond angles, assembly, and painting are discussed. (CW)

Develops an exercise in which students use magnetic-profile data gathered in the South Pacific to test the Vine-Matthews-Morley hypothesis. Uses the Eltanin 19N and 20N profiles. Relates the exercise to 20 current geology texts. (MVL)