Discusses implications of the recent actions of Federal agencies, through export control regulations, to control the open exchange of scientific ideas. Reactions of the National Academy of Sciences and several professional physics organizations are described. Impact on foreign students and publication is also discussed. (CS)

Highlights first part of a two-year study assessing the quality of doctoral programs training scientists for research careers. Study (dealing with mathematics and physical sciences, including chemistry) evaluated programs according to size, quality of graduates, reputation, research support, and publications. Other volumes will focus on…

Developments in the funding and direction of Soviet scientific research in the Brezhnev era (since about 1964) are reviewed, including factors affecting research, accomplishments, and role of the U.S.S.R Academy of Sciences. (SK)

To improve America's technological base, a national organization that would support the physical sciences in much the same way that the National Institutes of Health have supported health sciences is called for. Includes proposed organizational structure and functions of a National Institutes of Engineering. (Author/JN)

Describes the federal reporting requirements of faculty time on federally sponsored research projects, their context, uses made of the figures, and reasons advanced for objecting to such reports. (Author/SK)

Summarizes 16 films about earthquakes including title, length in minutes, ordering source, data, brief annotation, and usually an indication of appropriate grade level or use. (DC)

Debates the issue of evolution v creationism, focusing on evolution as fact or theory. Concludes that eminent scientific authorities consider evolution a fact and demonstrates that, in spite of this, writers of college and secondary textbooks refer to evolution as theory. Supports teaching of evolution, not creationism, in science classes. (DC)

Traces the development of a teaching strategy, consisting of a model for bioethical decision making and related case studies, that addresses the value/moral/ethical concerns associated with the application of new biological knowledge. Discusses the implementation of this approach with college students and biology teachers. (DC)

Outlines a variety of laboratory procedures, demonstrations, and classroom materials including a three dimensional, moveable cardboard model of the rib cage and diaphragm; a polyphenal oxidase experiment; ringing experiment using Impatiens; enzyme rummy game; and leaf impressions. (DS)

Describes the Eastern North Carolina Teaching Resource Cooperative (COOP), a group of secondary schools working with East Carolina University to improve science education in a rural environment. Provides examples of cooperative activities such as teacher workshops, visiting scientist programs, student workshops, film festival, culture center, and…

Presents NASA astronomy publications by subject: Earth; Moon; Mercury and Venus; Mars; Jupiter and Saturn; Planets (general); Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids; Sun; Astronomy from Various NASA Missions; Miscellaneous Astrophysics; Telescopes and Instrumentation; and Extra-Terrestrial Life. Includes listing of NASA Technical Conference Proceedings…

Compares the role of undergraduate research (UR) in European and American chemical engineering programs based on the average student at the National Technical University of Athens. Includes relative position of UR in a European curriculum; benefits of UR for students and faculty; and social, cultural, and academic factors influencing UR. (SK)

Examines whether or not university-based research can produce and support personnel needed to maintain technological leadership. Suggests that industry become more involved by increasing the number of research positions available for graduates and describes one program involving university-industry cooperation. (Author/SK)

David Ausubel's learning theory was used as a framework for the content organization of an experimental Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) course in physics. Evaluation suggests that the combination of PSI as a method of instruction and Ausubel's theory for organization might result in better learning outcomes. (Author/JMD)

Investigates spontaneous reasoning of 709 French, Belgian, and British students in elementary dynamics using the relations between force, energy and motion as the study topic. Students were selected from the last year at secondary school to the third year at university. (HM)