This issue of the newsletter describes the five Soloworks Laboratories which are being developed in conjunction with Project Solo. These are: 1) The Computer Laboratory, focusing on those aspects of mathematics which are well described by algorithms and which encourage student access to a local computer and terminals; 2) the Dynamics Laboratory,…

In this study, a pencil paper performance test (PPPT) was developed and administered to an experimental group of 46 students and a control group of 48 students to determine: (1) the difference between laboratory performance and the successful completion of a laboratory course in electricity, (2) the relationship between laboratory performance as…

This report lists all the language laboratories in West Germany as of 1969. The entries, arranged alphabetically by city, include the type of school, its name and address, the kind of laboratory, its manufacturer, and date of installation. Supplementary charts give a breakdown of the number of laboratories by state, type of school, and…

The first trial edition of the Australian Science Education Project unit introducing the concepts of electrical charge consists of a student workbook, question booklet and a response sheet, and a booklet containing answers to the questions in the workbook and question booklet. The teacher's guide outlines the unit, lists suggested teaching…

Laboratory experiments are presented in these first three manuals of a six-volume series for use at the 12- to 16-year-old, or British CSE, level. On the subject of food tests, 17 exercises are prepared in connection with Biuret reactions, starch and emulsion tests, Millon's and Benedict's reagents, reagent sensitivity, and calorific values and…

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that increasing the rate of cognitive structuring of aurally input data through the use of compressed speech would improve scores on listening tests which measure ability in listening subskills. The hypothesis predicted that subjects trained in listening for details would improve in this…

This is the report of a "human relations" lab which was held on a rural estate where the staff and participants lived for eight days. Both six months after and five weeks before participation in this intensive T-group experience, the participants were described by themselves, one intimate, and one colleague on a variety of personality measures…

A MANUAL WAS PRODUCED CONTAINING LABORATORY PROCEDURES FOR A ONE-SEMESTER COURSE IN ELEMENTARY QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY ON A COLLEGE FRESHMAN LEVEL. MATERIALS AND TOPICS WERE EXAMINED AND CHOSEN AS TO DESIRABILITY, PRACTICALITY, AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE. OPTIONAL EXPERIMENTS WERE ALSO INCLUDED. THE LABORATORY PROCEDURES WERE TESTED ON SOPHOMORES AND ON…

Describes two experimental procedures and the reactions suitable for teaching the principle that catalysts do not affect the position of equilibrium. (GS)

Provides an account of the way in which one small university has coped with limited funds and a small staff to provide laboratory activities for freshman physics courses. (CP)

Reported here is a convenient alternative for determining the enantiomeric purity of student resolved alpha-phenylethyl amine using a chiral lanthanide shift reagent. (BB)

This experiment graphically demonstrates a change in the sign of the P-C-H coupling constant between trivalent phosphorus and tetravalent phosphorus. (BB)

This reaction can form the basis of a laboratory experiment for students who have mastered basic spectroscopy. The structure of the product can be assigned from four reasonable possibilities on the basis of the nmr spectrum. (BB)

Presents guidelines and content description of a course in electron microscopy. Discusses three types of learning modules: material preparation, instrumentation, and information processing. (MA)