This experiment uses a radioactive technique to determine the relative leaving abilities of chloride and iodide in nucleophilic substitution reactions. (DT)

Two experiments are described which illustrate preparative as well as mechanistic features of the reactions of halogens with alkanes and alkenes. (DT)

Statistics gathered from class members can be used to discuss at least eight different statistical problems and concepts and serve to increase student interest in reading about and completing homework assignments in statistics. (JH)

A discussion of the techniques used by Auburn University, Alabama, to introduce new students to an innovative program of teacher education. (HB)

Language arts programs need to include many activities involving speaking because oral communication is fundamental to reading and writing. (JH)

Article presents an observation instrument for observing learning center instruction and the results of such observations in an audio-tutorial physics course at Cornell University. (Author)

This workbook contains exercises for use with college students to teach them about the use of census data and to help them acquire census related skills. The workbook supplements "Census '80: Continuing the Factfinder Tradition," an undergraduate textbook published in early 1980. The volume is divided into two parts. The first provides…

THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A TWO-PART CONFERENCE ON PLANNING AND OPERATING LANGUAGE LABORATORIES. THE MAIN TOPIC OF THE PAPER CENTERED ON IDEAL LEARNING SITUATIONS IN THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, CONSIDERING THE TOTAL LABORATORY-CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS WERE INCLUDED ON (1) LABORATORY INTEGRATION WITH THE CLASSROOM, (2) LEARNING…

Basic education for adults offers men and women of all ages an opportunity to obtain those minimal skills that are needed if an individual is to function independently. It provides sequential educational training geared to the needs of adults who lack the skills required to read, write, figure, as well as the general knowledge necessary to secure…

The theme of this discursive essay is residential continuing education: its definition, its development along somewhat different lines in Europe and in America, and its practice in university centers in the United States. Continuing education includes any learning or teaching program that is based on the assumptions that the learners have studied…

Briefly describes learning activities in which ropes can be used as a stimulus material for teaching a variety of concepts. (JMB)

Presents ideas for teaching techniques and a variety of learning activities appropriate for use with kindergarteners. (JMB)