Describes the use of inquiry techniques in a laboratory-based college course in cell biology: cytology, microbiology, histology, and microtechnique. (AL)

Shows how a simple investigation of the enzyme, thrombin, can provide a series of experiments giving information on enzyme characteristics. The results also provide a basis for discussion of the coagulation mechanism and related phenomena. (Author/AL)

In a senior modern physics laboratory, design" or ingenuity" experiments were introduced to acquaint students with methods of doing complete experiments. The former deals with proposed long term studies while the latter deals with apparatus and short term actual studies. Students rated the design" experiments higher. (Author/TS)

Students drew mitotic stages under directions asking for the most accurate representation possible or under conditions requiring analysis and annotation. Lower academic ability students benefited most from the analytic technique. (AL)