To enhance the learning outcomes achieved by students, learners undertook a computer-simulated activity based on an acid-base titration prior to a university-level chemistry laboratory activity. Students were categorized with respect to their attitudes toward learning. During the laboratory exercise, questions that students asked their assistant…

Background: The current mode of stoichiometry instruction employs a passive pedagogy that consists of students reading, listening, watching, and memorizing disembodied facts, procedures, and principles in preparation for future application. But chemistry students are often subsequently unable to apply this stoichiometry knowledge in equilibrium…

The purpose of this study was to examine teaching assistants' conceptions of the nature of teaching after they were taught a pedagogical strategy directly related to their subject matter. Four teaching assistants who taught the Biology 1201 laboratories at the University of Minnesota participated in this study which included participating in 16…

The purpose of the National Science Foundation's Course and Curriculum Development (CCD) program is to improve the quality of undergraduate courses and curricula in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T). The program also seeks to encourage a greater number of talented faculty to devote creative energy to improving undergraduate…

The purpose of this study was to survey the quantity and quality of laboratory work conducted by Grade 11 and 12 biology students in British Columbia High Schools, to analyze student performance on laboratory based questions on Provincial examinations, and to examine the curriculum for recommended laboratory work. Examination and curriculum data…

The role of the Australian Science Facilities Standards Committee in assessing needs in individual private schools and making recommendations to the Education Department for funding is discussed. The committee's standards for the design of science rooms are also included. (BR)

This paper describes the psychology laboratory at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the efforts of the small department which participated in the design and development process. The lab consists of 26 rooms, mostly small cubicles, and covers approximately 3,800 square feet. Each area of the lab is described in terms of its design and function.…

This document presents the Alabama State Department of Education guidelines for science laboratory safety, equipment, storage, chemical safety, rocket safety, electrical safety, safety with radioisotopes, and safety with biologicals. Also included is a brief bibliography, a teacher's checklist, a listing of laser facts and regulations, and a…

Guidelines for the development of secondary school science programs and facilities which will aid in the review of existing and proposed programs and in adapting classroom instruction to the needs of individual pupils. Science facilities are emphasized including space requirements, classrooms, laboratories, utilities, furniture, and audiovisual…

This publication presents a suggested inservice training program for safety in the laboratory for secondary school science teachers. It consists of three parts. Part one discusses administrative guidelines. Part two consists of 14 lesson plans for lectures in the training course for teachers. Each of these lesson plans consists of an overview,…

The use of school grounds as an outdoor learning area is the main emphasis of this manual for elementary and junior high school teachers. Detailed plannin g steps, site plots, directions for planting, and other related planning information are given, along with guidelines concerning the use of an outdoor classroom by teachers of various subjects.…

The results of a study of student attitudes toward mathematics before and after studying a "Mathematics Through Science" unit in the eighth grade are given in this report. Six significant attitude differences were found and used to group students into eight attitude groups. The identifying characteristics of these groups are discussed in detail.…

A product of a 1971 American Academy for the Advancement of Science symposium, this volume considers the future of scientific institutions with 11 articles on the social relations of science, the dynamics of institutional change, and the institutional system of science. (RH)

The results of a study of student attitudes toward mathematics before and after studying a "Mathematics Through Science" unit in the eighth grade are given in this report. Six significant attitude differences were found and used to group students into eight attitude groups. The identifying characteristics of these groups are discussed in detail.…