Provided are 45 experiments in chemistry which have been used successfully by students in secondary school chemistry classrooms. Additional investigations directed at further inquiry on the part of the student are included. The experiments are directed at the development of science process skills and many of the concepts and generalizations which…

An experimental course was conducted to test three products that may be included in the Systematic Teacher Training Model being developed by the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching Program on Teaching Effectiveness. The subjects were 14 intern teachers enrolled in the Stanford Secondary Teacher Education Program, the interns'…

The development and application of the idea of microteaching in research and education is described in this report. It examines the use of different feedback devices for self-control and self-direction. The main conclusions reached are: (1) externally mediated self-confrontation via CCTV/VR is a therapeutic treatment; and (2) microsetting models…

The need for analysis of covariance is discussed in the context of present day education. . .new approaches to instruction including new methods, curricula, devices and patterns of classroom organization. A problem is then used as an example of a typical experiment and the reader is led step by step through the application, analysis and…

Observations from a study which sought to measure both the effect of television viewing on cultural bias and awareness and also the Hawthorne effect upon an experimental group are compiled in this report. (The Hawthorne effect is a measurable improvement normally shown in any group of subjects who know they are taking part in an experiment.)…

An innovative and effective laboratory experiment of chemical reference literature is reported. The objectives of the experiment are to acquaint the first term student of college chemistry with the vast source of chemical literature that is available to him; to raise the general level of scientific literacy of these first term college students;…

This report describes an objective method for allocating San Jose students to groups so that each group would include the same representation of students according to two quantitative measures of scholastic achievement. The conditions provided that each group be internally heterogeneous, but that intergroup differences be small, so that each would…

The indroduction of on-line data collection and data processing techniques into an intermediate physics laboratory is described. Using a minimum configuration PDP-8L and a Digital Equipment AD01 analog to digital converter, an interface is developed with two existing experiments. These are a microwave apparatus used to simulate Bragg diffraction…

This physics laboratory manual is the result of curriculum development begun at Aviation High School (New York City) in 1967. It represents a semester of advanced laboratory work for those students who have completed the usual course in physics. The 91 laboratory experiments included in the manual have been developed and modified through use for…

This manual was prepared for the purpose of stimulating the development of effective unit operations and unit processes laboratory courses in environmental engineering. Laboratory activities emphasizing physical operations, biological, and chemical processes are designed for various educational and equipment levels. An introductory section reviews…

A Statistical Experiment Simulator (STEXSIM) has been developed which permits one to stimulate on a digital computer a wide range of experimental environments. As a teaching aid in applied statistics, it provides a means for an instructor to define a completely crossed factorial model with up to seven fixed or random main effects, three two-factor…

The concern of the experiment is to find out the roles of abstraction and generalization in the learning of mathematical structures. The basic question is whether to generalize before abstracting or vice-versa in order to maximize transfer. The experiment involves four mathematical tasks and a transfer of activity. Experimental procedures are…

This article establishes guidelines for conducting and evaluating research projects according to a scientific methodology. The organizational format suggested here follows an outline with elements and details that should be considered in an investigation. Each part of the proposed outline is explained, and terms are defined. Project evaluation is…

Describes a kinetics experiment that utilizes timed reactions and colored endpoints and is suitable for large laboratory sections. (MLH)

Describes an experiment that utilizes spectrophotometric equipment to analyze the kinetics of a homogeneous reaction in batch. (MLH)