Describes an approach to ecology teaching based on a workbook of structured integrated exercises and in-service courses for teachers. (Author/MA)

A program undertaken to assess the feasibility of incorporating gerontology and geriatrics into the first- and second-year curriculum at a family medicine-oriented medical school is described, and student reactions are discussed. It is recommended that the teaching of gerontology and geriatrics begin the first year. (Author/MLW)

Describes a course in which pollutant health impacts are discussed in the context of unifying concepts such as threshold v nonthreshold responses. (CS)

Suggests using thematic approach for physics instruction based on the broad theme of energy resources. Presents physics pathways from student and lecturer viewpoints, and describes how the course operates. (SK)

Describes teaching an activity-oriented high school chemistry course during a six-week summer session, including personal experiences of the teacher, laboratory activities completed, examinations, parental involvement, and some innovations that worked. (JN)

Describes a secondary school unit to help students understand the working class skills, economics, and politics of their community. Students study the local logging industry, the effect of the logger and the union on the lives of community people, past struggles, and present conditions of loggers. (KC)

Presented at the fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, March 7-10, 1979, Washington, D.C., this paper describes and discusses an educational approach in which several elderly persons participated as consultants in a course on aging. (RC)

Curricular guidelines for biochemistry are presented, developed by the Section on Biochemistry and Nutrition and the Section on Oral Diagnosis and Oral Medicine of the American Association of Dental Schools for use by individual educational institutions as curriculum development aids. (MLW)

Discusses how technical writing courses have been built on a strong foundation in freshman English at the College of Technology of the University of Houston. (HM)

Describes a course offered for the freshman civil engineering major at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The rationale of developing the course which focuses on the symbolic, social, and technological aspects of the Mississippi River is included. (HM)

A course in pharmaceutical product merchandising offered at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy incorporated as its three major components the development of a one-page print advertisement, a recorded radio commercial, and a videotape commercial series. Student evaluations were based on performance rather than effort. (MSE)

A major undergraduate problem-solving exercise is described concerning a problem of foreign policy formation. The teaching strategy is outlined and important issues in the process are identified and discussed. Guidelines for improving the strategy and an outline plan for introductory sequences prior to the exercise are included. (Author/MLW)

Presents a description, course outline, review articles and rationale for a course on Polymerization Reaction Engineering at Purdue University, Indiana. (JN)

Describes a semester-long class for secondary school students that examines the Black experience in the United States. The interdisciplinary course includes a preassessment quiz; a section on stereotypes, prejudice, and racial attitudes; a historical overview; literature; guest speakers; and a major project or paper. (KC)

Presents a rationale for using a Mastery Learning approach to competency-based education in public speaking. Identifies assumptions and applications of such an approach and describes procedures for teaching public speaking competence on this basis. (JMF)