Assesses the values of high school and college students relative to human genetic engineering and recommends that biology educators explore instructional strategies merging human genetic information with value clarification techniques. (LS)

Describes a non-credit tutorial course held for engineering students to improve their skill in problem solving. In the group sessions, each student writes his approach to a given problem on a transparency; the class then analyzes the various approaches while viewing them on overhead projectors. (MLH)

Describes a one-semester course for visual arts students which emphasizes many demonstrations. Includes faculty and students' opinions of the course. (Author/CP)

Provides historical background on Pasteur's resolution of an optically active compound, and describes an undergraduate laboratory experiment in which optically active compounds are separated. (MLH)

Chemical nomenclature for both organic and inorganic chemicals are discussed. (RWH)

Discusses the major constituents present in natural bodies of water, how these substances are analytically determined, and the chemical reactions of the various species in solution. (MLH)

Students enrolled in an introductory, audio-tutorial biology course were randomly assigned to either the control group, which followed the regular program and took pre and posttests designed for this study, or to the experimental group, which followed an identical program with additional exercises specially designed to teach higher cognitive…

Describes how manpower needs due to recent technological developments have stimulated engineering technology programs. Also describes how various technical and professional societies of the engineering profession have expanded their structure to include engineering technology. (MLH)

Describes the evaluation of engineering technology programs and the problems faced by the engineering technology graduate. Asserts that the "identity crisis" developing in the engineering community between the engineer and the engineering technologist could be averted if positive steps are taken to spell out the differences between the two. (MLH)

Describes a restructuring program that places more emphasis on blending research and teaching at the practical level. Heavier emphasis will be placed on engineering and additional consideration given to environmental technology, economics, business, and law. (GS)

Describes a laboratory experiment on geometrical optics designed for life science majors in a noncalculus introductory physics course. The thin lens equation is used by the students to calculate the focal length of the lens necessary to correct a myopic condition in an optical bench simulation of a human eye. (Author/MLH)

Discusses the principle of operation of phase-sensitive amplifiers. Gives three examples, suitable for undergraduate laboratory use, of the use of phase-sensitive, or "lock-in" amplifiers. Concludes with a description of an inexpensive lock-in amplifier which has an overall voltage gain of 1000. (Author/MLH)