This was a quantified study on the learning of certain theoretical topics in general chemistry as influenced by two methods of visual technique (single concept films, overhead projections). Four classes of chemistry students (non-science majors) registered in sections on a random basis, participated. Objective, multiple choice tests on each of the…

The ultimate goal of this study was to specify conditions which affect achievement in the chemistry laboratory through an understanding of instructor-student interaction. The Flanders System of Interaction Analysis was used to measure the ratio of indirect to direct teaching (I/D/ Ratio) during pre-lab and post-lab sections of eight two-hour…

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of an individualized earth science course designed as a general education course for nonscience majors at the University of Dubuque. The population of students consisted of all freshman and sophomore nonscience majors who entered the university in 1969 and 1970 as full-time students. The…

This publication encompasses the central core of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) explicit science education activities at the undergraduate level of the Nation's education enterprise. It is an outline of the character of the Foundation's educational constituency. A table is presented showing the Carnegie Commission's Classification Scheme…

This second volume of UNESCO's series on New Trends in Chemistry Teaching presents papers originally published during 1966 and 1967 in leading chemistry-teaching periodicals of the world. The papers have been grouped in sections - structure, energetics and kinetics, acids and bases, organic chemistry, electrochemistry, chemistry and industry,…

Reviewed were 137 studies in science education published from 1953 through 1857 that met the U.S. Office of Education Criteria of Research. Digests of 23 of the studies, selected by a panel of eminent science educators, are included and remaining studies annotated. The alphabetically arranged citations include statements of the purposes, the…

Two introductory biology courses which are given as service courses for agriculture students have been broken down into small conceptual units (mini-courses). Students cannot fail the course and are awarded a C grade when they have reached a predetermined level of mastery in each level for any unit, they may revise the unit and retake the test. If…

Statistical comparison of trends shows that the decline in the proportion of Australian matriculation students studying science subjects is less than that in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the decline in the proportion of new tertiary enrollments in the sciences occurs primarily in the applied and professional science courses which have quotas…

Possible alternate methods of preparing college level biology teachers are explored and related conferences held by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences described. Koen contributes some ideas for preparation programs and describes the University of Michigan College Teacher Training Program. Alternatives to the Ph.D.…

Fifty-seven selected 16mm films are listed under the headings: General Interest Films, General Science Films, Physics Films, Chemistry Films, and Biology Films. The listing of each film includes a brief description of content and recommended grade levels. References are given to booklets in The Atomic Energy Commission's "Understanding the…

This report presents the procedures, results and conclusions of a study designed to compare the effectiveness of several feedback modes for correcting errors in computer-assisted instruction. Seventy-five university upperclassmen were taught 30 general science concepts by means of a computer-assisted adjunct auto-instruction program. Subjects were…

This paper presents the procedures, results and conclusions of a study designed to determine whether three different methodological approaches to the laboratory for a general education physical science course would lead to the same behavioral outcomes. Students enrolled in the physical science course were randomized into one of three laboratory…

Experimentally evaluated were the merits of a case history and a current reading materials approach to a college general education science course with regard to facts and generalizations, methods of science, and scientific attitudes examination scores. In the experimental treatment, the nature of science and scientific research and other course…

This publication reviews tradebooks, textbooks, and reference works in the pure and applied sciences for students in the elementary schools, secondary schools, and in the first two years of college. Included are selected advanced and professional books useful for reference by students and faculty members. Evaluations and annotations of books…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is devoted to information about employment opportunities for natural scientists and engineers in the '70s. Problems of supply and demand are considered, with graduate enrollment in natural science fields being considered as an important indicator of the future…