A VARIETY OF INFORMATION FOR PHYSICS TEACHERS IS CONTAINED IN THIS SOURCE BOOK. A MAJOR SECTION IS DEVOTED TO LISTINGS OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TEACHING AIDS. SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS AND LIBRARY BOOKS ARE CATEGORIZED ACCORDING TO INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AND SUBJECT. TEACHING AIDS INCLUDE (1) 16 MM SOUND FILMS AND FILM LOOPS, (2) 35 MM FILMSTRIPS, (3)…

INCLUDED IN THIS MANUAL WRITTEN FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TEACHERS ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF DEMONSTRATION MODELS, EXPERIMENTS PERTAINING TO SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING SIMPLE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF TOPICS WERE EASE AND COST OF CONSTRUCTING APPARATUS AS WELL…

GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ARE PRESENTED. THEY ARE THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF CONFERENCES THAT INCLUDED ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATORS, SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF…

THE EFFECT OF INTERIM TESTING ON THE IMMEDIATE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE SUBSEQUENT RETENTION OF COLLEGE SCIENCE STUDENTS IS EXAMINED. EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM TWO INTACT GENERAL SCIENCE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF TEACHER EDUCATION. BOTH GROUPS WERE TAUGHT ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND BONDING THROUGH THE USE OF PROGRAMED…

THE FINDINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH IN COLLEGE SCIENCE TEACHING COMPLETED FROM JULY 1963 TO JULY 1964 ARE ANALYZED IN THIS PAPER. THE STUDIES ANALYZED ARE GROUPED INTO NINE CATEGORIES--(1) PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES, (2) PUBLIC POLICY, (3) CURRICULUM, (4) LEARNING, (5) TEACHING METHODS, (6) FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (7) TEACHER EDUCATION,…

The IPSE (Incentive Program in Science and Engineering) was designed to increase the number of lower socioeconomic status students who major in engineering and science. This document is a progress report of the demonstration project. It focuses on the third year evaluation, changes observed in students over time, and a summary evaluation. Students…

This module is part of a series designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module is one of two units on the foundations of physical theory and the…

This guide is intended to familiarize college students, enrolled in chemistry for the first time, with procedures that will contribute to successful completion of the course. The author describes why students should prepare in advance for lectures and laboratories, how to use the textbook and the study guide, and how to prepare for examinations.…

Included in this publication are 16 papers related to teaching chemistry in junior colleges. The papers are presented in the following topic areas: (1) Instructional Systems; (2) Current Concerns in Chemical Education; (3) Learning Problems in Chemistry; and (4) Special Topics to Teaching. (SA)

This is the first in the second series of general bibliographies developed to disseminate information on documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education. Reported are some 217 citations of selected documents related to instructional procedures in science education. The documents included represent research reports,…

Described are the efforts of the New Hampshire College and University Council to develop and institutionalize an interinstitutional, multi-disciplinary undergraduate marine science program. Among the aspects of the program that are presented are the structural elements, the three major components and the activities under each, a summary of the…

This publication contains eighteen experiments and eight classroom activities. The experiments are of varying difficulty and cover the important aspects of solar energy utilization. Each experiment is self-contained, with its own introduction and background information. Energy measurements are emphasized and techniques for collector efficiency…

This is a report of the development of four self-study units in physics for college nonscience majors. The topics of the units are Waves and Sound, The Radiant Energy of Sunlight, Infrared Radiation, and Acceleration. Each unit includes an inexpensive, portable kit; a student manual containing all requisite background information, self-test,…

A general undergraduate education course in descriptive acoustics for students in music, speech, and environmental disciplines is described. Student background, course philosophy, and course format are presented. Resource materials, which include books, a study guide, films, audio tapes, demonstrations, walk-in laboratories, and an examination…

Intended as a supplement to undergraduate college geography courses, this resource paper reviews the mechanism by which surface weather features are linked with the mid-atmospheric circulation within the westerly wind belt. Specifically, vertical atmospheric motions associated with certain aspects of the upper tropospheric flow, including jet…