Describes a continuing education course for French teachers in Germany, based on various kinds of games which are played by the teachers and then used in the classroom. (AM)

Describes six physics courses, at two universities, with career-linked applications offered as electives and designed to strengthen interests in physics and help in career preparations of nonscience students. (GA)

Outlines and describes the content of an applied physics course offered for the four year honors and the three year pass degrees. The course stresses three components: principal subjects, industrial projects, and subsidiary subjects. (GA)

Describes recent improvements and changes in the sequence and substance of offerings in a natural philosophy and physics degree course. (GA)

Describes an undergraduate course, The Colonization of Space, which introduces nonscience majors at the University of North Florida to current topics in the exploration, industrialization, and colonization of space. References to the audiovisual resources and literature are also included. (HM)

A semester course at the law school of the University of North Carolina offers a unique experiment in controlled clinical legal education. It combines a thorough survey and analysis of major legal and constitutional issues in criminal sentencing with a broad exposure to courts and correction agencies and opportunities for students to take part in…

Describes an interdisciplinary course on physics and history. The major goal of the course is to examine and compare history and physics in order to illuminate the implicit assumptions underlying the two disciplines. (MLH)

The general plan used for an individualized mathematics course for preservice elementary teachers is described. (DT)

Instructional methods used in a course designed to strengthen abstract thinking skills are described. (DT)

Describes the organization of the cooperation between the Netherlands and the developing countries at the higher education level. (Author/RK)

University students participated in five weeks of education/discussion based on rational emotive theory. The results indicated increased rational thinking, decreased anxiety, and fewer reported problems. (Author)

Discusses the goals and methodologies of several types of physics-and-society courses, citing content, disciplinary costs, and advantages to the student. (MLH)

Discusses two types of science-and-society courses: (1) those that examine little scientific subject matter, instead concentrating on political and sociological problems; and (2) those that give an overview of the achievements of modern scientific inquiry. (MLH)

Describes a multidisciplinary course in the sciences, humanities, and engineering that teaches the use of evidence in problem-solving. The guided design teaching method is used, in which the instructor circulates among small discussion groups to advise them on problem-solving. (MLH)

The target: better readers. The plan of action: synchronize topics, bulletin boards, contracts, books. (Editor)