The purpose of this study was to determine if students having a laboratory-oriented science course at the ninth grade level demonstrate a different rate of development of certain psychomotor abilities than do students not having such a course. The three abilities tested for were: (1) motor coordination, (2) manual dexterity, and (3) finger…

Summarized are presentations made at a one-day teachers' workshop organized by the Bicultural Socialization Project to discuss the materials to be used in mathematics learning centers in the project classrooms. The first chapter discusses the basic philosophy, whereby pupils are to be encouraged to enjoy the discovery of mathematical relationships…

In May, 1972, the Kingsport (Tennessee) City School System received financial assistance from the Tennessee Valley Authority to plan, develop, and implement, as a demonstration environmental education project, the utilization of a mobile laboratory for conducting environmental studies. The project, as described in this booklet, identified four…

Nuffield Combined Science, prepared for the first two years of British secondary schools (grades seven and eight, approximately), is described in SE 015 449. Teachers' Guide II and Activities Pack II contain the material developed for the following sections: Water; Small Things (microorganisms and particle theory of matter); Earth; Insects; and…

This guide includes a chapter on concepts related to measurement, a chapter describing the various measuring instruments that are used in the field, and a chapter indicating realistic class projects using field instruments. Twenty-three plates contained in the publication are designed as masters to make transparencies for classroom instruction. A…

This UNESCO newsletter is divided into these three sections: (1) a student chapter on the rates of chemical reactions; (2) the student laboratory guide; and (3) the teacher laboratory guide. The laboratory guides describe 14 experiments showing students the differences in chemical reactions and how the rate can be affected by temperature,…

The purpose of this study was to design a beginning course in geology which not only accents the sociological implications inherent in the study of geology, but also presents the learner with the opportunity to solve geological problems by using laboratory techniques. A curriculum rationale was designed in which those environmental problems with…

The attitudes of 32 teachers, in 30 schools, toward Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) courses were compared to their students' perceptions of laboratory and classroom activity measured by the Biology Classroom Activities Checklist and the Biology Laboratory Activities Checklist, respectively. The results indicate no relationship between…

A modified use of the Delphi technique to determine institutional goals for a community college learning resources center is described in this report. A committee of faculty and staff acted as "selected experts" in determining the initial goal statements. Processes and techniques for collapsing the large number of goal statements to a…

The first trial version of a unit of the Australian Science Education Project materials for grades seven through ten in Australian secondary schools is intended for students in the concrete operations stage of intellectual development. It provides activities to give students a broad introduction to the concept of energy, which is treated as a…

The purpose of the study is to provide information concerning the self esteem of blacks and whites under conditions of integrative and segregative simulated work groups. Subjects were 96 undergraduate students, half black and half white, who performed three laboratory tasks. Ziller's self esteem scales were used to measure the self esteem of…

This publication, published quarterly by the American Institute of Biological Sciences, focuses on biology education in colleges and universities. Included in this issue are articles dealing with mini-investigative labs in microbiology for nonscience students, the effects of various components of the Keller system on student attitudes and…

This article was designed to help teachers with ideas for classroom learning centers. Suggestions for making puppets were provided and students were given the opportunity to use their imagination and think creatively. (Editor/RK)

Seven-slide series produced by the Diafilm Studio are discussed as they are used as demonstration material for teaching students detailed familiarity with the morphology of the plants in given families and with the variety of their representatives. (Author/ND)

Serving as an educational resource center for Connecticut public schools and institutions of higher learning, Project Oceanology provides 256 programs in marine education via a "floating laboratory", a waterfront laboratory, and a classroom equipped for individual study. (JC)