Describes establishment and operation of a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored program: "Development in Science Education Involving NSF/Industry Cooperation for Science and Engineering Education Using Computers." Review process, issues involved, working with industry, and advantages/disadvantages of cooperative activities are…

Examined how science content knowledge, moral reasoning ability, attitudes, and past experiences mediate the formation of moral judgments on environmental dilemmas. Environmental science majors (N=86) and nonmajors (N=105) participated in the two-phase study which found that moral reasoning is influenced by the context (setting) of a moral…

Describes the Open University concept which is designed to provide regular college credit through a program of home study. Explains three science-related Open University courses and lists and describes the films and cassettes used. (GS)

Provides a collection of data on the mechanistic aspects of inorganic chemical reactions. Wherever possible includes procedures for classroom demonstration or student project work. The material covered includes gas phase reactions, reactions in solution, mechanisms of electron transfer, the reaction between iron III and iodine, and hydrolysis. (GS)

Describes a course that supplements the traditional lecture approach with some aspects of self-paced personalized instruction in the form of a complete video and audiocassette collection of course materials designed for independent study, remedial work, review, or enrichment according to the needs or desires of the student. (GS)

Describes a doctoral internship program that involves the interns in the teaching of a college biology course which uses electronic response and audiotutorial modes of instruction. Outlines the duties of first, second, and third year interns and states the advantages of such a program. (GS)

Describes the organization and content of two chemistry courses, one for inservice nurses and one for inservice medical technologists. (MLH)

Outlined are the history, programs, and staff of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, West Germany. (SL)

Summarizes 13 papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with computer-assisted tutorial and graphical instruction of chemistry. (MLH)

Data from questionnaires sent to every college and university in the United States ascertained that 26 percent of the 223 responding major institutions offered a bioethics course, most frequently presented by the biology department to medical students and taught most frequently by professors of ethics and philosophy background. Questionnaire and…

Describes individualized television instruction involving active student participation, where experiments on air breathing in fish and shoot growth were videotaped. Students collected data directly from the television screen. Student accuracy was found to be excellent; reactions to the medium were found to be apathetic. Reasons for apathy are…

Describes a simplified model for summarizing ecological relationships. The components of the ecological triangle are biotic, abiotic materials, and abiotic conditions. Discusses three-way component interactions, population studies, limiting factors of pollution on humans, and difficulties in establishing casual relationships in field research. (CS)

Methods for determining the radius of an atom are described. Unlike a previous article which approached the problem from an elementary perspective, this article examines a progression of increasingly sophisticated determinations. (CS)