Describes a tour of engineering education institutions and government research laboratories. Comments on the high quality of both, despite some lack of equipment and facilities. (MLH)

The calculation of concentrations in the case of many simultaneous equilibria can be reduced to a search for a local minimum of a function of n variables, in which n denotes the number of mass balances involved. The method is simple and time-saving, but requires the availability of a computer. (author/BB)

The use of accelerators as mass spectrometers puts the work horse of isotope dating on a new, more useful footing. (Author/BB)

Alabama's laboratory certification program ensures that water quality control and testing methods are in compliance with the Safe Water Drinking Act. (BB)

This section of the product reference guide provides information for locating specific types of equipment used to analyze and control noise and vibration. (CS)

All-pass filter systems can be used in laboratory experiments in the physics and psychophysics of sound and music. Particular applications, such as lateralization of sounds in headphone listening, are presented. (BB)

This study evaluated the applicability of the averaging model of the information integration theory to attitude formation in a classroom situation and compared the results of an in-classroom and an in-laboratory application of equivalent stimuli (verbal vs printed). Results confirmed both the information integration theory and the averaging model.…

Describes the training program for new tutors which is employed by the Student Learning Center at the University of California at Berkeley. (DD)

Goals of a learning center for the severely handicapped should include individualized instruction (both academic and nonacademic); student independence; and increased self-control, attention span, and concentration. An aide should supervise the center, while the teacher provides individualized instruction. (JC)

Use in research, natural history, behavior and characteristics, care and maintenance, breeding, and classroom use of the Mongolian gerbil are discussed. (BB)

This article discusses the current state of the art of organics removal by adsorption. Various theoretical explanations of the adsorption process are given, along with practical results from laboratory, pilot-scale, and full-scale applications. (CS)

Developments in this field during 1978 included four major meetings, two treatises on copper, one on arsenic, an assessment of mercury, and a book on "Modern Methods of Trace Element Analysis." (BB)

The wealth of brochures, booklets and lore available from historic sites can be used to create exciting learning stations. Centers filled with facts and artifacts of landmarks make local and area history come alive for students and individualize the social studies curriculum. (Author)

Want to stimulate more interest in reading and writing? Then choose a favorite story or poem as the starting point for a colorful and varied learning center. Base your selection on your students' grade level and interests and gear your activities to the range of ability levels in your class. (Author/RK)