Describes an instructional method in secondary school mathematics applicable to physics instruction, to develop conceptual understanding of motion word problems. Distance, rate, and time are defined, used as variables and considered with relative motion as a unifying concept. (JM)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine the relationships between (1) teachers' backgrounds, (2) personalities, and (3) attitudes toward physics and student learning. Fifty-one randomly selected physics teachers and their students provided data for the study of teachers' backgrounds and attitudes. In the…

Discusses the reasons for the current shortage of jobs for physicists in the United States. Data showing the supply and demand for physicists, and the past as well as projected enrollments of graduate and undergraduate physics students are presented. (LC)

Discusses the use of games for teaching introductory physics. The elements of game design are reviewed, and sevel examples are described that illustrate different varieties of teaching games suitable for use by beginning physics students. Bibliography. (LC)

To help make the physics curriculum more relevant, twenty-nine "noncalculus physics problems are presented under nine problem types. With the support of the Commission on College Physics, the author solicited similar physics problems which will, after selection and editing, be made available to all physics teachers. (RR)

Discusses major themes of solar physics research and major discoveries of the last decade, focusing on solar cycle, stellar coronae and winds, magnetic explosions, and 100-AU-radius heliosphere. Includes conclusions/recommendations of the Solar Physics Working Group of the Astronomy Survey Committee, concerning observational/theoretical programs…