s2400 is intended to help students learn, review, and reinforce their knowledge of basic Spanish grammar. The computer contains the entire body of knowledge to be taught, presenting it to the student in a manner predetermined by an instructor. The language lab program at West Chester State College is described. (POP)

This audiotutorial course consists of 35 minicourses including biology, husbandry, and diseases of the common laboratory animals. Each minicourse includes an audiocassette tape recording and visual and written materials. The course is available for distribution. (Author/LBH)

Describes several chemistry projects, including solubility, formula for magnesium oxide, dissociation of dinitrogen tetroxide, use of 1-chloro-2, 4-dinitrobenzene, migration of ions, heats of neutralizations, use of pocket calculators, sonic cleaning, oxidation states of manganese, and cell potentials. Includes an extract from Chemical Age on…

These worksheets involve using tangram pieces to create geometric shapes and to determine area relationships. (DT)

Describes an undergraduate experiment in which the structure of bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (I) is analyzed and interpreted using Carbon-13 magnetic resonance. (MLH)

A laboratory exercise is described in which students view the environment through a transparent frontal parallel plane. The relationship of projected size to distance can be studied, and other cues to distance based on this geometric relationship can be appreciated. (Author/AV)

Described are science experiments which utilize methylene blue to demonstrate the effects of pH, temperature inhibitors, and concentration on enzyme reactions in yeast enzyme systems. (SL)

The purpose of keeping animals in schools and problems encountered in their maintenance are summarized. Two curriculum units, one on fruit flies and one on honey bees are described. Reasons for a widespread negative image of rural studies are discussed and positive outcomes of an environmental science course are presented. (Author/EB)

The purpose of this planning tool is to provide educators with a road map for developing a high school/college collaborative program on a college campus. The tool is designed to guide the user through decisions about building a high school/postsecondary education partnership, developing a planning team, building a program of study, developing a…

Students who visit writing labs are often inexperienced writers who need help and even prescriptive teaching. Although some compositionists are leery of including prescriptive help among possible teaching strategies, the writing lab tutor's position as advisor rather than judge helps students accept the suggestions as the options they are. As…

This paper reviews basic information needed by college students to write a term paper. Sources of information are discussed (i.e. books and journal articles), as are the "nuts and bolts" of procuring the needed information to write a quality term paper. The ERIC system and the Internet are discussed; particular attention is paid to the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of computer location on first grade students' enjoyment and usage of computers. A large difference was found concerning time spent on computers between in-class and computer lab settings. In-class computer students spent three times as long on computers as computer lab students during the three…

Evaluation is crucial for writing centers. Given increasingly tight budgets, writing centers should conduct more sophisticated evaluations. Writing centers should turn to educational program evaluation and select general types of evaluation most appropriate for writing centers, and, congruent with the appropriate types, writing centers should…

A centerpiece of the collaborative exchange characteristic of the writing center at Rollins College, Florida, is the inclusion of peer writing consultants, who present their strategies and debate their Center's policies at regional and national conferences. In the Fall of 1984, some faculty and students from Rollins went to the first National Peer…

Many questions of interest to teachers, educational researchers, curriculum developers, and policymakers in science education can be asked about classroom environment. Does a classroom's environment affect student learning attitudes? What is the impact of a new curriculum or teaching method on the nature of a classroom's environment? Can teachers…