This paper describes the approaches taken at a middle school to improve student problem solving ability and test results for the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) mathematics tests. The focus was on grade 6. In 1996, 35% of the 437 students in grade 6 did not master the mathematics problem solving skill. A committee of…

Reviews properties of nerves, analogous networks in propagation of electrical signals in axons, and regenerative changes in membrane permeability due to propagation of the action potential, which can be explained in the noncalculus physics course. (CC)

Considered the arts as the center of the curriculum and how they relate to open education. (RK)

Considered the blend of humanities and traditional curriculum as a necessary part of the school responsibility. (RK)

This draft, generated by the conference, "Implications of Life-Long Education for Interdisciplinary Curriculum Oriented Toward International Education," (Federal Republic of Germany) proposes associated schools as action centers where learning and experience are tied to social reality and from which curriculum experimentation can be…

Suggests that the elementary school curriculum need not be fragmented into discipline areas and describes a class activity that cuts across the traditional boundaries and is interdisciplinary in nature. (JR)

Discusses the nature and structure of an interdisciplinary course with emphasis on the problem of how the nervous system receives, processes, and transmits information. Included is a description of the course teaching to junior and senior physics and biology majors. (CC)

A need exists for wider communication of cost-effective and generally applicable experiments in improved learning. Two highly enrolled and innovative approaches of a department of Science and Human Affairs are described. (Author)

Discusses the nature of science and technology and provides a number of examples to illustrate the impact that science and politics have had on each other. Advocates the need for the development of courses which integrate science, politics, and social change. (JR)

It is suggested that texts be published which suggest questions, problems and approaches to study, because education is in such a state of upheaval, re-evaluation, and discovery. (Author/JB)

Suggests a series of courses focusing on interfaces between the arts or humanities or social sciences on one hand and science or technology on the other. Indicates that science fiction is a cultural bridge characterized by speculation of the unknown from a foundation of the known. (CC)

Outlines a laboratory course entitled Inorganic Chemistry for Biological Sciences'' which is designed primarily for juniors in biochemistry, physiology, and soil sciences. Inclusion of relevant environmental topics is indicated. (CC)

Describes a one month intensive course, offered at Westminster College, entitled Science and Literature: A Study in Values.'' The interdisciplinary course is an attempt to break down the barriers of specialization, and to focus on the reactions of students, scientists, and humanists to Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. (JR)