The Open University, founded in 1969, has already become the largest university in Britain in terms of the number of undergraduate students, with an enrollment of 41,000 in 1973. This paper is concerned with three areas of discussion: (1) the number of teachers studying Open University courses; (2) the courses available or planned in science and…

This paper discusses a college-level course on contemporary topics in science offered to non-science majors at the State University College of New York. The authors examine the objectives, methods, and various student groupings utilized in the course, investigate why it has been successful, and make recommendations for courses of this nature. The…

This study arose out of a concern for the type of college science courses being offered to non-science majors. Of particular concern is the traditional method of laboratory instruction, with its emphasis on specific techniques and instrument manipulations rather than promoting an understanding of the processes, concepts, and methods of…

Reported are trends in geological education over a time span selected to correspond to that in which the federal government dramatically increased spending in science education and then subsequently withdrew major support. Aspects of geological education covered include: 1) history of the selected years in geological education, 2) geological…

The purpose of the study was to investigate differences in learning as attributed to the instructional treatment of behavioral objectives of students in a general physical science laboratory. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant difference in the achievement of students in physical science who were exposed to laboratory methods…

This review of marine science and technology education and related issues was presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 27, 1967. Areas reviewed include manpower supply and demand, oceanography education history, oceanography and the social sciences, training of technicians, the ocean engineer, education for…

These proceedings of a conference sponsored by the International Biological Programme committee of the Australian Academy of Science contain the six major papers presented to the conference. An overview of the perspectives and responsibilities resulting from environmental change is followed by an outline of a strategy for curriculum development…

The special problems faced by black, Mexican-American, Appalachian, and ethnic white minorities in college education, particularly in chemistry, are examined in the papers contained in this conference report. The most important problems for all groups are deficiencies in verbal and written English, mathematics, general science, and intellectual…

The results of a survey, conducted by the Committee on Rock Mechanics, to determine the status of training and research in rock mechanics in presented in this publication. In 1964 and 1965 information was gathered by questionnaires sent to industries, selected federal agencies, and universities in both the United States and Canada. Results are…

The proceedings of the 1967 Conference on Undergraduate Teaching in the Plant and Soil Sciences are presented in this publication. Seven individual presentations and reports from ten working groups review the adequacy and effectiveness of courses and curricula for undergraduate students; discuss instructional materials, methods, and equipment that…

This study compared the effectiveness of an experimental student-centered method to a traditional method of teaching physical science to disadvantaged college freshmen. The study extended over a period of one academic year. It utilized an experimental group and a control group, each consisting of 30 randomly-selected students. A t-ratio was used…

This resource guide is designed for teachers of introductory college chemistry classes. The topics chosen represent those areas most frequently studied. For each of the 33 topics, the following are included: content errors which have appeared in textbooks, references (primarily paperback), films, teaching aids, selected lecture demonstrations, and…

Reported is a longitudinal study on changes in affective attitudes for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of a 1971-72 innovative guided design course. In the pretest-posttest control group design, the experimental group was composed of chemical engineering juniors, and the control groups were junior students in civil or industrial…

Effectiveness of the audio-tutorial (A-T) method of teaching general biology was studied among freshman subjects during the 1970-71 academic year at Bloomsburg State College. Analyses were made of achievement scores on examinations taken by the experimental and control groups each semester. No evidence of enhanced benefits was illustrated by the…

The audio-tutorial (A-T) method of teaching biology at the University of North Dakota was studied among 79 subjects during the Fall term of the 1969-70 academic year to determine its effectiveness in comparison with the conventional method. Thirty-eight students were assigned randomly to the A-T group and 41 to the control group. All subjects were…