Foresees some major problems in getting the N and F examinations off the ground. These replacements for A levels, accounted for in "Working Paper 60", are designed to broaden the sixth form curriculum to five subjects instead of three and allow students to defer specialization for as long as possible. (Author/RK)

A sample bibliography of 64 sources of marine science education materials is provided. For each listing, usability information and a description of contents are included. (CP)

Explains a university report proposing changes in the existing sixth-form curriculum to a common core, for all sixth-form syllabuses in physics, that will include: mechanics, waves, electricity and magnetism, and matter. Comments on the implications of the proposal are also stated. (GA)

Provides a description of the development, properties, and operation of laser beams. (CP)

Results found that schoolboy understanding had seven foci: evolution as a phenomenon, why evolution occurred, the process of change, adaptation, selection, chance, and inheritance. The concept of adaptation was found to be particularly well established, that of chance least so. Naturalistic and Lamarckian interpretations of evolution were…

Advocates the development of a "resource directory" of local industries by a school district. The directory could list the names of industries which would provide: (1) tours; (2) speakers; (3) the use of specialist equipment and laboratory facilities; (4) the use of libraries; and (5) personal links for teachers. (CP)

A discussion of levers, moments of inertia, fulcrums and forces involved in the action of boat rowing is presented. (CP)

Describes the modification of a transistor radio to make an audio oscillator. (SL)

Discusses energy consumption of electric and battery operated electronic clocks. (SL)

Provides seven everyday examples of oxidation-reduction processes appropriate for secondary school chemistry. (SL)

Reports on effects of the working party of the Association for Science Education (ASE) toward the development of a policy statement for the future of science education. (CP)

Reports on an investigation designed to study the ability of 11 to 17 year old students to control variables when presented with science problem situations in three types of question formats (free response, multiple choice, screen question). (HM)

Reviews the values and limitations of the use of the history of science in teaching science. (SL)

Reviews use of the celestrial sphere and planisphere to teach variations in the observed motions of the sun and stars. (SL)

Brief suggestions on science laboratory and classroom labor-saving techniques are provided. (CP)