SOURCES OF PHYSICS INFORMATION ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE. IT WAS WRITTEN FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF PHYSICS, AT BOTH THE COLLEGE AND SECONDARY LEVELS, PHYSICISTS, LIBRARIANS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MATERIALS QUOTED WERE PUBLISHED PRIOR TO 1963 AND WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE AS AN INFORMATION SCIENTIST. DEWEY DECIMAL…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF ACHIEVEMENT IN PSSC PHYSICS TO EXPERIENCE IN SMSG MATHEMATICS, CHEM STUDY CHEMISTRY, CBA CHEMISTRY, AND BSCS BIOLOGY WAS DETERMINED. DATA WERE GATHERED IN 25 HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLASSES IN SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS. ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE WAS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE DATA. PSSC TESTS FIVE AND TEN WERE USED AS CRITERIA OF…

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE STUDY COMMITTEE PHYSICS IS COMPARED WITH THAT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TRADITIONAL PHYSICS. GROUPS OF STUDENTS WERE PRETESTED FOR MENTAL ABILITY AND SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE. AFTER COMPLETING THE RESPECTIVE COURSES, BOTH GROUPS WERE GIVEN THE COOPERATIVE PHYSICS TEST AND THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE STUDY…

IDEAS FOR SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DESCRIBED. IN PART I THE STUDENT IS INTRODUCED TO THE IDEA OF THE PROJECT-TYPE INVESTIGATION AND IS GIVEN A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MANUAL. A SECTION WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR THE TEACHER INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF (1) EDUCATIONAL VALUES DERIVED FROM INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND (2) THE…

THE PAPER DESCRIBES AUDITORY AND TACTILE ADAPTATION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR USE BY BLIND STUDENTS, TOGETHER WITH FIVE METHODS OF DRAWING RAISED LINE AND INDENTED DIAGRAMS FOR USE IN PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS. A SURVEY OF PHYSICS LABORATORY METHODS IN SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND IN THE UNITED STATES AND SEVEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND TWO SIMPLE…

This module is designed to give the learner an understanding of the nature of light and how its properties are used in the design of spectrophotometers. Problems promote the use of spectrophotometers in qualitative analysis, the optical elements used in a monochromator, and the physical properties of the prism and the diffraction grating. Other…

This physics course covers the following main subject areas: (1) liquids; (2) pressure; (3) liquid flow; (4) temperature and heat; and (5) electric currents. The prerequisites for understanding this material are basic algebra and geometry. The lessons are composed mostly of sample problems and calculations that water and wastewater operators have…

THIS DOCUMENT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF A PROGRAMED TEXT ON MEASUREMENT AND PRECISION. PART I CONTAINS 24 FRAMES DEALING WITH PRECISION AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES ENCOUNTERED IN VARIOUS MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS. PART II BEGINS WITH A BRIEF SECTION ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA, COVERING SUCH POINTS AS (1) ESTABLISHING THE ZERO POINT, (2)…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A METHOD (SCHEME) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VOCABULARY IN THE FIELD OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS FROM PRIMARY JOURNAL ARTICLES. ALL TERMS APPEARING IN A RECENT JOURNAL (VOL. 39, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS) JUDGED TO BE IMPORTANT WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES--(1) PROPERTIES, PROCESSES, PHENOMENA, (2) OBJECTS, INCLUDING SYSTEMS AND…

Reported are the activities involved in introducing computer programing to students at Dartmouth College as part of their program in liberal education. How this project was accomplished and the subsequent impact on students in mathematics, engineering, psychology, physics, and business administration is presented in summary form. Also reported is…

The phrase "student computer dialogs" refers to interactive sessions between the student and the computer. Rather than using programing languages specifically designed for computer assisted instruction (CAI), existing general purpose languages should be emphasized in the future development of student computer dialogs, as the power and…

This publication, a pamphlet included in the B'nai B'rith Occupational Brief Series, directs its attention to the personal traits and interests that a young person should possess to undertake serious study of physics. The nature of the science of physics is briefly presented, as well as the nature of the physicist. The subject matter of physics is…

This paper discusses the objectives of a program in biomechanics--the analysis of sports skills and movement--and the evolution of the biomechanics program at Iowa State University. The primary objective of such a course is to provide the student with the basic tools necessary for adequate analysis of human movement, with special emphasis upon…

Teaching procedures of Project Physics Unit 1 are presented in this manual to help teachers make effective use of learning materials. Curriculum objectives are discussed in connection with instructional materials, suggested year time schedules, multi-media schedules, schedule blocks, resource charts, and experiment summaries. Brief analyses are…

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the breakdown of Newtonian classical physics and the new concepts of modern physics have changed the treatment of elementary physics in undergraduate college textbooks and to evaluate implications of the change. Forty-three textbooks published between 1910 and 1966 were examined and placed…