The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of long-term, tutorial-type computer assisted instruction (CAI) in high school chemistry. Analysis showed scores of non-CAI students significantly higher than the CAI group. However, CAI students learner material faster. (PS)

A number of suggestions are made for changing the full, sterile environment of a biology laboratory into one which is lively and motivating to students. (JR)

Students were given first hand experience in map making through the use of multimedia instructional materials. (JB)

Describes classroom techniques to develop student participation in a German conversation course at Southern Colorado State College, Pueblo, Colorado. (RS)

Discusses three weaknesses in reporting research findings by commenting and criticizing research articles published in the eighth volume of Journal of Research in Science Teaching. (CC)

Summarizes classifications of educational objectives, types of test items, and principles underlying the construction of tests. Indicates that a combination of essay and objective tests is preferable in the overall evaluation of a course. (CC)

A brief consideration of film study, television, advertising and an exploratory project. Author attempts to appraise mass media in terms of contemporary society and school curriculum. (HB)

Research subsidized by the Ministry of Culture of Lower Saxony; conducted at the Pedagogical Seminar, Gottingen University. (DD)

Discusses a program, consisting of individual conventional experiments and group special projects, along with lectures in analytical courses during the last six to eight weeks of a semester. Concludes that students' different aspects of capability are encouraged after receiving the course. (CC)

One article specifies the materials needed and the rules for a card game called Integer Football; a second article describes a technique for teaching measurement conversions through using nonsense units. (DT)