Discusses historical perspectives and the present situation concerning cooperative engineering education, the Cooperative Education Association, and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Cooperative Education Division. (SL)

Outlines the formal and informal preservice programs for outdoor education offered at eight South Australian colleges. (SL)

Describes a self-instructional Keller Plan (Personalized System of Instruction) course in geological oceanology which includes laboratory activities and field trips. (SL)

Describes a graduate electrical engineering mini-course, computer graphics gaming and simulation, classroom management and student progress records, student reaction to instruction, and computer graphics in undergraduate education. (SL)

Provided is information on the development, operation, and evaluation of an item bank for multiple choice questions in physics. While the users of the bank are presently limited, the item banks has saved its members time and provided items and ideas for items. (MA)

Describes an interactive computer program which allows students to perform simulated quantum measurements on a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. (SL)

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

Describes programs sponsored by various industries which allow industrial scientists to teach at predominately minority institutions. Objective of the programs is to encourage minority students to enter science and engineering fields. (SL)

Discusses the job hunting efforts of Kenneth Morris in his efforts to pursue a career in aviation. Aviation job market prospects are also discussed. (SL)

Summarized is the need for and development of this project. Key features of the project including self-programming, support materials, student choices, and relevance of materials are discussed. Evaluation procedures are outlined and the preliminary conclusions of the evaluation procedures are summarized. (AJ)

Describes a method designed to balance oxidation-reduction chemical equations. Outlines a method which is based on changes in the oxidation number that can be applied to both molecular reactions and ionic reactions. Provides examples and delineates the steps to follow for each type of equation balancing. (TW)

Suggests ways to avoid some of the problems students have learning the principles of organometallic chemistry. Provides a description of an experiment used in a third-year college chemistry laboratory on molybdenum. (TW)

Lists the tests available in 1987 from the Examinations Institute of the American Chemical Society. Provides test results from the 1985 Inorganic Chemistry Test, the 1986 Advanced High School Chemistry Test, the 1986 Organic Chemistry Test, and the updated 1985 General-Organic-Biological Chemistry Test. (TW)

Discusses the advantages of using a pretest in introductory agronomy courses. Provides a pretest that has been developed for use in an introductory crops course taught at Southern Illinois University. Includes 25 definitions, 17 true-false and multiple choice questions, and 6 short answer questions. (TW)

A study examined whether students beginning a cell biology course with prior knowledge of its three areas (genetics, histology, and biochemistry) would retain that advantage throughout the course and whether achievement was influenced by the order of questions in a test. (MSE)