Discusses the importance of pre-college, developmental remedial programs for students who lack adequate skills for success in the engineering technology study. A description of remedial course work in algebra, geometry, basic English, reading skills, and physical science is included. (CC)

A description of a new approach to teaching an introductory communication course using video tape modules. (HB)

Discusses the nature and structure of an interdisciplinary course with emphasis on the problem of how the nervous system receives, processes, and transmits information. Included is a description of the course teaching to junior and senior physics and biology majors. (CC)

Describes the offering of a physics course where a mixture of teaching techniques and a wide variety of phenomena associated with light are used to attract students majoring in art, art history, psychology, photography etc. Indicates that the course is characterized by its in-depth and non-mathematical nature. (CC)

A college course in black literature set up for three different groups, all black, all white, and black and white, is described with an emphasis on attitudes. (Author/KM)

Enrollment and course characteristics, as well as instructional materials and methods, are reported for psychology courses now offered at the high school level. (KM)

Reports on a sample mini-course in the humanities entitled A Several-Circled Search for Self'' which employs the circus as a theme while stressing the importance of student involvement and the development of self-concept. (RB)

Description of a course, A New Approach to High School Psychology,'' at Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Objectives and methods of implementation for grade levels are outlined to eliminate role stereotyping, to encourage positive attitudes and self concepts, and to direct students into career selection on the basis of ability. (JB)

Describes the physics courses offered in 137 British institutions with basic requirements, course structures, advanced research fields, training activities, enrollment trends, and addresses for further information included in each entry. (CC)

Suggests a series of courses focusing on interfaces between the arts or humanities or social sciences on one hand and science or technology on the other. Indicates that science fiction is a cultural bridge characterized by speculation of the unknown from a foundation of the known. (CC)

Describes a one month intensive course, offered at Westminster College, entitled Science and Literature: A Study in Values.'' The interdisciplinary course is an attempt to break down the barriers of specialization, and to focus on the reactions of students, scientists, and humanists to Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. (JR)