This study was made to assess the relative effects of individual learner characteristics on the prediction of academic success in a traditional course and an independent study course in science, and to predict achievement for individual students. Variables from personality and intellective areas were employed in conjunction with biographical data.…

Computer tutorial review lessons for a one-quarter lecture course in introductory college physics have been developed and used by approximately 500 students, on a voluntary basis, over a period of several years. The investigation reported here shows that the exam grades of students who used the computer materials are significantly higher (.01…

The tenth paper of the Research Review Series, commissioned by the Science and Mathematics Education Information Analysis Center in cooperation with the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, provides an analysis of the documents released in 1971 which deal with science education research. The review is intended to: (1) provide a…

A large scale investigation into the development and effectiveness of a collegiate level computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course in undergraduate physics is reported. The work, which began in 1966, involved a full commitment to investigate all phases of the development, execution, revision, and cost-effectiveness of a CAI physics course from a…

This volume is one of the series for the Chemical Technician Curriculum Project (ChemTeC) of the American Chemical Society funded by the National Science Foundation. It consists of discussions, exercises, and experiments on the following topics: ion exchange, electrphoresis, dialysis, electrochemistry, corrosion, electrolytic cells, coulometry,…

This paper reports the proposals of a November 4, 1975 conference of Black college and university presidents held to propose the establishment of a national plan to achieve parity of minorities in all areas of higher education and in all professional and technical fields by the year 2000. Federal fellowships for minorities and Federal grants and…

This is the third annual survey of total graduate and postdoctoral enrollment in science and engineering in the United States. Data elements collected from 7,505 departments of 355 Ph.D.-granting institutions include: enrollment status (full and part-time); level of study (first year and beyond first year); citizenship; sex of students; type…

Rationale, Goals and objectives, grading procedures, methods of instruction and evaluation, and procedures for accomplishing objectives are included in this syllabus for a college course in marine education. The course is designed to provide preservice teachers with introductions to general teaching and marine methodologies; and to meet the needs…

This publication, issued twice per year, includes proceedings from Two-Year College Chemistry Conferences and papers of special interest to the two-year college chemistry teacher. Both chemical safety in the laboratory and the integration of laboratory work with teaching are discussed. Also discussed are topics related to the teaching of…

This booklet is one of a set of eight designed to be used in a self-paced introductory chemistry course in conjunction with specified textbooks and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) modules. Each topic is introduced with a textbook reading assignment and additional readings are provided in the booklet. Also included are self-tests (and answers),…

Indicates how the gas laws can be derived and taught to high school and college physical science classes by using the guided-discovery method. (LS)

Discusses the use of science fiction as a part of a general astronomy course. The author describes how science fiction is used in conjunction with the study of the solar system. Suggested references and a science fiction reading list are also included. (HM)

Investigates the effectiveness of an activity-centered modular course taught at Albany State College, Albany, Georgia in 1974. A description of the course which included 12 modules is presented. It is concluded that students' knowledge was increased by the use of behavioral objectives. (HM)

Discusses some issues related to chemistry curricula in liberal arts colleges. Among these issues are the nature of a liberal arts curriculum, content of chemistry course, teaching methods, technological aids to teaching, use of the laboratory, and the future of general chemistry teaching in the liberal arts colleges. (HM)

Describes the Coriolis machine, and explains its use to study the inertial motion of a particle moving with constant velocity, from a rotating frame of reference. (GA)