Lecture and laboratory topics of a one-quarter, undergraduate course designed to introduce students to chemical principles and phenomena involving the automobile are described. (CP)

The study reported here concludes that the laboratory does help students in their geology lecture course work even though the content emphases are different. (MDR)

An informal look at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University. Included are discussions of the general atmosphere and departmental research interests. (BB)

Contains contributed suggestions in the teaching of structure and bonding and reaction rates and equilibria in the Nuffield Advanced Chemistry Project. (CP)

This laboratory exercise for junior or senior high school students forms a basis for expansion of concepts, offers opportunities for analytical thinking, and presents possibilities for independent thinking. (BB)

This article presents the method and application of the Clarification Group (C-group), based on social-psychological and sociological knowledge and focused on intergroup phenomena, socio-identities, stereotypy, and prejudice. The application portion includes a description and analysis of the major structured activities utilized. (Author)

Group trainees often note that their group experience is perceived as a cultural alternative, resulting in difficulties transferring their learning to their everyday world. This paper examines these issues from a social psychological perspective. (NG)

The efficacy of experimental, competency-based methods of teaching the interpersonal skills of empathic communication, respect, and genuineness is compared with traditional didactic methods. Experimental groups taught with communication laboratories significantly outperformed control groups. (Author/LBH)

Presenting minimal pairs in context to the student of English as a foreign language requires him to discriminate between two phonemes that may sound the same. Methodology for student exercises with minimal sentences is presented. (SW)

Describes a home-based supplementary science program for elementary school age children. The program emphasizes process skill application, simple equipment, and the use of parents as experiment advisors. (CP)

Presents an experiment for determining the pH of shampoo. (SL)

Thirty-nine elementary education majors used manipulative aids to work laboratory exercises while thirty-nine control subjects completed the same exercises without the use of manipulative materials. No significant differences were found between groups in demonstrating numerical and structural properties of the four basic arithmetic operations…

A 3-year study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of laboratory and lecture strategies in a course for prospective elementary teachers on the structure of the number system. Results showed that neither strategy was superior to the other as judged by students' examination achievement, attitudes towards mathematics, student teaching…

Describes an experiment to introduce students to qualitative and quantitative aspects of neutron activation analysis. (SL)

The Chilean Ministry of Education is using thirty language laboratories for inservice training for teachers of English and French. Training seminars for language lab monitors are described; they included instruction in equipment use, intensive practice, training in linguistic trends and lab methodology. Distribution and use of laboratories is…