Despite the proliferation of taught masters courses, the experiences of masters students in general have received comparatively little attention within the research literature, and the dissertation process in particular has not been investigated extensively. The present article focuses on the findings of detailed interviews with 15 professionals…

This directory of international in-progress music education dissertations presents selected information arranged alphabetically by student name under 28 topical categories. The entries also contain: (1) the student's address; (2) the advisor's surname; (3) the institution's name; and (4) the dissertation title. Some entries appear in multiple…

The article reports on the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped's Student Research Program authorized by Public Law 91-230 (Education of the Handicapped Act). (PHR)

An effective unit on the presidency must clarify the balance between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. Two activities for use with secondary students are presented. (RM)

Proposes two methods for gathering information outside the library to help students understand the full context in which research activities are carried out. Offers theoretical support for the methods and gives examples of their application. (HTH)

Provided is a list of winners of the 43rd annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Highlights of several research studies conducted by the winners are included. (JN)

This lesson plan features a classroom simulation that helps students understand a command economic system. The lesson plan states a purpose; gives student educational objectives; suggests a time duration for the activity; lists materials needed; and outlines a step-by-step teaching procedure. Instructions for a research and writing homework…

Students delved into the patterns of prejudice within their school at Herricks Senior High School in New Hyde Park, New York. (Editor/CB)

Two experiments are presented on the planning of ideal towns by undergraduates. The basic approach involved a modified map-sketching technique in which subjects placed sixteen town elements into two-dimensional physical environments. Results were analyzed by information theory, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling. (BL)

Poses a series of questions to start student investigation of the effect of varying the dimensions of a piece of grass or other flat ribbon of material on the sound that is produced when it is used as a reed between the thumbs. (AL)

Describes the results of a study of the ecology of the bean plant/aphid/ant/associated insects/fungi system and suggests a series of experiments that secondary school students could undertake by observing or manipulating this system. (Species recorded are British) (AL)

Reproduces a questionnaire prepared by a high school science club, and summarizes and discusses responses from elementary, secondary, and college students and their parents. (AL)

The Council on Undergraduate Research is dedicated to strengthening science and undergraduate science education. Central to Council-sponsored activities and programs is the recognition that the investigative process, especially undergraduate student research, plays a key role in undergraduate science education. Council publications, conferences,…