Discusses trends in adult education and their implications for instructional developers, and notes areas where reviews of research are needed: existing telecourse packages, recruitment and retention of adult learners, effective instructional strategies, logistics and costs of alternate delivery systems, and technical assistance and training needs…

Discussed are various types of electronic laboratory balances. (RH)

An exercise in chromatography that students can perform in class or at home using inexpensive, familiar materials is presented. (EB)

Describes a design for a pendulum that can demonstrate the dependence of period on amplitude. Common laboratory supplies are used for construction, and timing is done with a stopwatch. (MLH)

Presents designs for atomic models for building small cyclic molecules and demonstrates their use in the construction of beta-lactam antibiotic structures. (MLH)

Discussed is the application of photography and photographs in the improvement of learning and intellectual development in the elementary classroom. (SL)

Counselor education is sometimes exciting and sometimes frustrating. Students in the counselor education program at Idaho State University have formulated a way of dealing with the frustrations associated with graduate education in counseling. "The Candidacy Game" was developed as a result of the pressures facing graduate students in the program.…

Presented is the Materials Evaluation Form designed to help teachers in the selection and evaluation of appropriate teaching materials. (IM)

The appropriateness of existing instructional materials for three calculators designed for use by the visually impaired was assessed with 15 blind and partially sighted Ss (15-21 years old). (Author/SBH)

The selection processes of media specialists are discussed with emphasis on developing critical skills in children to evaluate and select materials. (KP)

Summarizes seven papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with the use of non-computer visual aids in teaching chemistry, including slides and molecular models. (MLH)

Describes the use of a Hewlett-Packard 9810A programmable desk calculator with plotter for drawing ball-and-line stereopairs as well as three-dimensional structural formulas which are useful for teaching stereochemical principles and molecular structure. (MLH)

Nonprint media are under attack as examples of education gone soft; in fact, they offer a vehicle for students to understand and cope with the realities of life. (Author/KS)

Recommends 97 items of non-print media for career education. Recommended grade levels range from kindergarten to adult. (PF)