Describes various courses and programs designed to better prepare graduates to enter the chemical industry, including courses which stress the chemistry of industrial processes, and the economics of the chemical industry. (MLH)

Describes the organization and content of an introductory policy planning course and an associated teaching technique - the simulation of a legislative hearing. The course emphasizes the significance of values and the scientific method in the development and analysis of social policy. (Editor/PG)

Describes a course designed to provide each student the opportunity to participate in research. Outlines the objectives formalized in a course hierarchy and presents the mini-project approach used to meet the needs of the students. (GS)

Describes the curriculum and some of the experiences of students and teachers at a high school which adopted the Exploring Childhood curriculum, a part of HEW's Education for Parenthood program. The teenagers are given regular and respondible roles in day care centers (in conjunction with classwork) as preparation for parenthood and as an…

Describes a laboratory oriented psychology course developed for secondary students which explored, among other things, behaviorism, Freudian psychology and learning and cognition as developmental processes. (BR)

Describes a course in introductory biology which utilized a teaching strategy emphasizing process rather than content. The strategy involved team teaching and a research paper/laboratory technique involving the students in decision making and the processes of scientific method. (GS)

Reports on some objective data and presents some subjective conclusions on the use of self-paced instruction in an experimental electrical engineering course. Outlines some of the problems involved in the development of self-paced materials and identifies several demotivating factors associated with their use. (GS)

Describes why and how Florida State developed a new career planning course that helps students formulate realistic goals. The course is designed to initiate self-motivated individual study through structured exercises, video tapes, bibliographies and guest speakers. The instructors also provide for individual counseling and discussion. (Author/PC)

Describes an open-ended research approach used in an attempt to develop an appreciation of experimental science. The research project involved such topics as "properties of lead,""reasons for lead additives in gasoline," and "the effect of lead on health." (GS)

Describes an environmental chemistry course in terms of its objectives, philosophy, topics, principles, laboratory experiments, texts, supplementary material, and student response. (GS)

The Secondary Exploration of Technology (S. E. T.) project, an industrial arts research and development project providing continuity of learning for students from grades 7 through 12, is described. Three "Systems of Industry" courses for ninth and tenth grade students, modelled on the techniques of industry, are unique to the program.…

Author presented notes based on two years taking Black Studies as a sixth form General Studies option with ten black students in a South London boys' comprehensive. (Author/RK)

A graduate-level computational chemistry course was designed and developed and carried out in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Fall of 2005. The thrust of the course was a reaction assignment that led students through a series of steps, beginning with energetic predictions based upon fundamental…