The make-up of a course in African literature for high school students is discussed. It is pointed out that the course can be constructed on already familiar lines. High school students will be able to describe clearly, for example, the relationship between environment and character or the dilemma of characters caught between traditional values…

Content related to reading comprehension, in three nationally used third grade reading curricula and two common standardized tests, was analyzed in order to discover congruencies and incongruencies in content coverage and emphases. Frequencies of exercises from the curriculum materials and of items from the standardized tests were calculated for…

Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of offering intensive courses instead of elective courses in one-theme biology classes at the secondary-school level. (ND)

The use of a telemedicine system (live, color microwave television transmission with two-way auditory and visual communication capability) to teach a course in critical care nursing from an urban university medical center to staff members in rural southeastern Ohio hospitals is described. (MS)

Presented is an environmental education model based on an interdisciplinary curricular structure. The model consists of three two-dimensional matrices organizing objectives, strategies, and content. Each matrix lists environmental concepts along one axis and the disciplines along the other. One interpretation of the model is presented as a…

Presents the results of a questionnaire sent to analytical chemistry instructors and medical, dental, and osteopathic school instructors requesting them to rate in order of importance a list of topics for an analytical chemistry course for premedical and health science students. (MLH)

Suggestions are made for the achievement of an interesting and successful language laboratory to the student as well as the instructor. (RM)

To assist faculty involved in cancer education in various courses in the curriculum, rather than instituting a new course in oncology, a method was developed for identifying and assessing cancer-related content (a clinical clerk attended lectures, interviewed instructors, reviewed syllibi etc.) and a comprehensive description was produced and…

Describes a German literature course for college students. Emphasis is on individualized instruction and group work. Flexibility in choosing texts is considered important. (TL)

Presents the nutrition interests of second year dental students enrolled in a nutrition course. Students were asked to rank 10 topics according to their perceived importance to dentistry. Results over a three year period indicate a stability of interests among second year dental students. (MA)

Six short papers are presented on analytical chemistry in an integrated laboratory sequence, analytical chemistry at a junior college, the sophomore level analytical laboratory, the analytical textbook situation, and graduate level analytical chemistry. (BB)

A discussion is presented on the role of secondary teachers in public schools, followed by a sequence for teaching oxidation-reduction in secondary school chemistry courses. (BB)

The inclusion of Watson's "The Double Helix" in a high school biology DNA unit is described. (BB)

This course, offered by the departments of chemical engineering and polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, is mainly a course in applied fluid dynamics with an emphasis on flow pressures dominated by viscous effects. (BB)

Reviews objectives, content, and problems of social studies education in India. Social studies is a relatively new component of the curriculum and there is little uniformity in its content and methods from state to state. Journal availability: see SO 506 831. (AV)