Educational data confirm that the involvement of Hispanics in marine sciences has been, and still is, quite limited. However, the data also reveal, by inference, that an increasing number of Hispanic students (including those in Puerto Rico) are choosing marine sciences disciplines as careers. (Author/JN)

As the crusade to outlaw the teaching of evolution changed to a battle for equal time for creationism, the ideological defenses of that doctrine also shifted, from biblical to scientific grounds. The development of "scientific creationism" is described, focusing on the intellectual leaders of creationism, particularly those claiming scientific…

Outlines the objectives of the National Science Foundation's Science Faculty Professional Development (SFPD), its history, and speculates about its future. (Author/SK)

Presents the results of a questionnaire given to 320 undergraduates asking from which college course did they learn the most, the least, and why. Results show a majority of students cited the teacher as being responsible for both the courses they learned the most and the least from. (DS)

Evaluated is the Longeot test, a paper and pencil test designed to measure various aspects of formal and concrete operational thought. Information from over 500 subjects (ages 17 to 20) indicated the test to be reliable and classifications from it correlated with classifications mode using Piagetian tasks. (DS)

Under a National Science Foundation CAUSE grant, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa, is developing an interactive microcomputer/minicomputer/video disk learning system for engineering and science students. Journal availability: Educational Computer, P.O. Box 535, Cupertino, CA 95015.…

Highlights activities, workshops, and lectures at the seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education held at Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) focusing on the current shift from principles and theories to applications in college and high school chemistry courses. (JN)

Presents a complete computer program demonstrating the relationship between volume/pressure for Boyle's Law, volume/temperature for Charles' Law, and volume/moles of gas for Avagadro's Law. The programing reinforces students' application of gas laws and equates a simulated moving piston to theoretical values derived using the ideal gas law.…

Surveys trends in hardware (logic, memory, storage) input-output technology, software, computer architecture and organization, communications, and artificial intelligence. (JN)

Describes the use of the Gaussian 70 computer programs to carry out quantum chemical calculations, including single calculations, geometry, optimization, and potential surface scans. Includes a summary of student activities and benefits for students in an honors freshman chemistry course. (SK)

Lists commercially available audiovisual materials by subject area. Includes title, producer (addresses given), catalog number, format (film, filmstrip, cassette, slides), and prices. Subject areas include: elements; equilibrium; gases; laboratory techniques and experiments; general chemistry; introductory materials (including mathematics); and…

Evaluated and described is an innovative freshman chemistry one-semester laboratory, relating changes in the course to objectives in decreasing lab expenditures, increasing learning, increasing quality, improving attitudes, and producing materials for widespread use. Lists topics for experiments, videotape presentation, and computer simulation.…

Examines recent litigation based on disputes over science and technology, the burdens on the adjudicatory process, and proposed reforms. Argues that such proposals frequently misconceive the problems faced by the courts because they concentrate on the question of technical uncertainty rather than conceptual and policy issues at stake. (Author/SK)

An engineering case study is used as the focal point of a communications course. Communications theory and practical exercises are structured around the case study described, an adaptation and extension of the power station game developed in the early 1970s. Includes outline of and sample student activities. (JN)

To provide an activity illustrating why they encounter conceptual difficulties in physics, students constructed a "world map" of physics which defines various "seas" and illustrates relationships between them. Salient features of this approach and physics concepts fostered are included. (JN)