The syllabus in physics presented in this publication is prescribed by the educational agency in Scotland for the Scottish Certificate of Education. The syllabus is suited to the needs of students who will study physics in secondary schools for (1) a period of two years only, (2) four years but Ordinary Grade, and (3) four years Higher Grade. An…

The primary purpose of this study was to develop a secondary school physics curriculum guide for use within a modular-flexible schedule framework. A secondary aspect was to design and model modular-flexible schedule specifically for physics instruction. Information regarding flexible scheduled programs was obtained by visiting 17 secondary schools…

Detailed instructions for the construction of apparatus to detect qualitatively the production of carbon dioxide by respiring organisms are given, with notes on its use and comments on its advantages compared with traditional equipment. The chemistry section of the bulletin contains the results of tests of the efficiency of several laboratory…

This textbook is intended to provide the requisite mathematical background for an introductory college course in general physics. The topics covered are: Numbers and Units; Experimental Error; Basic Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry; Functions and Graphs; Vectors; The Slide Rule; and Physical Units and Conversions. Where possible, mathematical…

This book reports the proceedings of the International Congress on the Education of Teachers of Physics in Secondary School, held in Egar, Hungary, during September, 1970. It reviews the recruitment and education of prospective physics teachers in secondary schools, considers the solutions found by some countries, and attempts to aid others in…

Modules of physics instructional materials, each focusing on a particular physical system of interest to technical students, are being developed at four separate centers and coordinated by a Technical Physics Project Steering Committee. A typical module, constituting from one to three weeks of a physics course, will include a statement of…

This study sought answers to the question: In what ways were selected attitudes and other characteristics of college physics students related to their perceptions of physics and mathematics courses and of physics and mathematics teachers? The students were those enrolled in all sections of both the calculus and non-calculus oriented, three quarter…

The purpose of this study was to develop a taxonomy which would categorize high level physics problem-solving behaviors, and to examine the usefulness of such a classification system. This classification of learning objectives is based on complexity, a nonarbitrary measure which does not rely upon comparison between students but rather is based on…

A catalog of student-computer dialogues for physics teaching at the University of California at Irvine lists twenty different programs. Signing on and off are explained, then sixteen nongraphic and four graphic dialogues are listed with author, student level and information content described. (RB)

These instructional objectives, written by Ronald Gibson have been selected from materials used at Golden West College (California). These objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. These objectives may also serve as models for…

The intent of this project was to utilize in a unique way some of the recent thinking and research on the teaching learning process so that the lecture method might be replaced by a more effective instructional model. The area of instruction was physical science for the non-science college student. At each meeting a single concept was presented as…

Reports on the 1975 annual meeting of the Education Group of the Institute of Physics which was associated with the Higher Education Learning Project (Physics) (HELP). Discussed topics are listed. (CP)

A study of the concepts of relativity and quantum physics through the work of Bohr and Einstein is the basis for this upper level course for nonscience students. Along with their scientific philosophies, the political and moral theories of the scientists are studied. (CP)

Approaches the representation of quantum mechanics through Hilbert space postulates. Demonstrates that if the representation is to be accurate, an evolution operator of the form of a Hamiltonian must be used. (CP)