This paper presents an overview of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP) elementary school mathematics curriculum. The philosophy behind the program, content goals, and teaching strategies are briefly discussed. Then ways in which the program develops facility in mathematics are described in discussions of the language of arrows, in…

Course syllabi are provided for the pharmacology course sequence in the associate degree nursing program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College. Pharmacology I introduces students to basic information related to pharmaceutical preparation, presenting standards and legislation pertaining to the administration of medication. Pharmacology…

"Utilization of Skills in the Care of the Adult with Common, Well-Defined Health Deviations II" (NS 227) is an associate degree nursing course offered at Chattanooga State Technical Community College to help students implement increasingly complex nursing strategies and develop new competencies related to patients with cardiovascular, respiratory,…

To describe the largest division in the University of California (Los Angeles) writing program, this report focuses on placement and testing procedures, curricular principles, course descriptions and goals, and staffing concerns. The first part of the report discusses the components of the Freshman Writing Program--including the English…

This paper describes a simple global climate model useful in a freshman or sophomore level course in climatology. There are three parts to the paper. The first part describes the model, which is a global model of surface air temperature averaged over latitude and longitude. Samples of the types of calculations performed in the model are provided.…

One of a series of resources for teaching sociology at the postsecondary level, this volume contains syllabi and a bibliography of instructional materials for courses in political sociology. Material is arranged in four sections. Section 1, an introduction, provides an overview of the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, a…

A study comparing two 40-student sections of general organic chemistry, one taught using the Keller Plan format and the other using a standard lecture method, is reported. Results of a student attitude survey showed students in the Keller Plan had a more positive attitude toward the course. (DT)

This course of study involves the description of foreign policy behavior and its domestic determinants for a variety of countries with respect to sixteen post-World-War-II issues. This descriptive process amplified by reading and class discussion culminates in a comparative analysis embodied in a formal research paper. (JH)

This article describes a course in circuit design that required students to design input-output devices for a PDP-8/L computer that would become a permanent part of the system. (HMD)

The Teaching Workshop for Medical Educators at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine is a course designed to provide participants with an opportunity to develop further those teaching skills associated with instructional excellence. (Editor/PG)

Objectives, teaching techniques, learning activities, and a rationale are presented for four sections of a semester's secondary vocational course in design which co-mingles home economics and industrial arts: (1) design and architecture; (2) consumer education in relation to housing needs; (3) decorating; and (4) landscaping and maintenance. (AJ)

Describes a four-level classification scheme of "environmental insults" which may be used for instructional purposes as a framework for teaching-learning sequences in studying problems of the local environment. (SH)

An individualized packet course on geology is described. The first part of the course focuses on partially completed lab drawings which students must complete, while the second part features 16 student labs. Evaluation of students is discussed, and a list of exercises and teacher demonstrations is provided. (DT)

Discusses the teaching of a junior level physical chemistry course with self-paced instruction to engineering and physical science students. Included are a description of topics and a summary of student responses. (CC)

Discusses the teaching of electronics, to secondary school seniors, as a means of building up a wide range of concepts basic to science and engineering. (JR)