To get a preliminary understanding of how mathematics methods courses are taught, this study examined course syllabi from as wide a range of public and private universities as possible. Mathematics methods course syllabi from 200 randomly selected members of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) were requested. Following the…

Architecture 101, at the University of California, Berkeley, provides opportunities to develop technical architectural skills, and is conceived as an approach to the process of design; it is an attempt to provide an 11-week experience in which the creative thinking process is developed. (Author/PG)

A historical research course taught at the University of Minnesota which uses local community resources is described. How guidelines are introduced, how students select topics, collect information, and develop research papers, and problems encountered are related in the article. (SM)

A new approach to a survey course in Black history offered at the Ohio State University Lima Regional Campus is described. The project consisted of a cooperative writing of the history of the local Black community. (SM)

Discusses the offering of a residential project course for students in 1972 and a similar course for teachers in 1973 at the Grammar School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Included are descriptions of participants reactions and course objectives and topics. (CC)

Discusses the use of a combination of inquiry learning and transactional analysis in physics teaching to provide a student with opportunities to develop more positive attitudes about himself and physics. Included is a detailed description of three major ingredients: Transactional model, process approach, and teaching methods. (CC)

Presents a partial list of objectives and a few of the successful activities of an interdisciplinary course, "Man Between War and Peace." (TO)

Discusses the place of organic chemistry in the secondary school curriculum, and advocates a mechanistic approach to organic chemistry developed in such a way as to be integrated with general chemistry. (JR)

A discussion of courses in the history of film and theory and practice of filmmaking which have created a problem in that students are often required to learn a technical vocabulary that is new to them. (Author)

A curriculum team plan was implemented to produce a unified course linking anthropology, sociology, and psychology for high school seniors. (Author/KM)

Describes a course at Notre Dame Law School in Criminal Law and Procedure, offering small classes, participation, and issues that were broad, controversial and pervasive, thus providing subject matter that would allow first-year students a chance to offer observations on matters that interested them. (Author/PG)

A successful attempt at teaching a unit on ecology or environmental studies in a junior high school United States history class is described. (Author/KM)

Describes the Legal Writing-Oral Advocacy Program at the University of Kentucky College of Law for first-year students. (PG)

Describes a science syllabus for secondary school girls who think science irrelevant. Included are units such as Food, What It Is, And Why We Need It,'' What Happens to Our Food,'; Some Foods We Prepare,'' Keeping the Home Clean,'' How to Keep Healthy,'' and Future Trends in Food.'' (PS)