Federal parks and monuments are numerous, widespread, and offer unique opportunities for funded research and employment for science undergraduates. Elements essential to quality undergraduate research, contacts, research needs, and funding are discussed, along with description of a successful undergraduate field research program in Missouri. (DH)

Over 600 students taking advanced level biology in more than 130 schools were surveyed to investigate the relationship between their attitudes toward fieldwork and factors associated with fieldwork teaching. Responses given by the students and their teachers are presented and discussed. (Author/JN)

In this physical geography field course, college students plan and develop interpretive guides that explain the physical environment of a field site. This approach has two advantages: students develop geographical skills to a level approaching professional expertise and distributing the brochures increases public awareness of the value of…

Presents a series of discussions on the general elements of experimental design and the scientific process and relates these elements to the field of communication. (MH)

The validity of various laboratory and field tests of the physical working capacity of college males was investigated. (GW)

A qualitative, interpretive case study utilized ethnographic techniques to discover what happens, and what preservice teachers think about what happens, within a credited community service learning component for a multicultural education course. Subjects were 24 preservice teachers studied as one case. Three roles and perspectives that emerged…

Describes a semester-long field trip in which 26 students of the University of Colorado studied the geology of the western United States. Only four of the participating students were geology majors. (JR)

Advocates the establishment of a field study center in South Australia for the training of primary and secondary school teachers in the methods of conducting field studies. (JR)

Develops a conceptual framework which views the school as a subsystem of both the local community and of the larger society." (Author)

Students of teachers who had attended a summer institute on water pollution control performed better on an achievement test at the end of the following school year than classes of teachers with equivalent qualifications who were not selected for the institute. Other control groups of students were also used. (AL)

Reports a new body of longitudinal research concerning the role of malnutrition in retarded intellectual development. (JM)

Women's career patterns and their implications for vocational-technical education. (Editor)

Describes a team approach used to develop a 3-year field studies curriculum for intermediate grade students at the Franklin Elementary School, Lexington, Massachusetts. The objectives, developmental sequence, and content of the curriculum are discussed. Observations and suggestions for those who contemplate similar programs are offered. (LC)