Describes a course which is an attempt to make chemistry a relevant course for any CSE student. Emphasis is on scientific approach to problem solving, experimental design, and intellectual skills. (GS)

Described a program designed to facilitate the student teacher in his approach toward teaching art education. (RK)

The authors describe the development and implementation in British schools of their family history project. The student and his social setting, the childhood of his parents and grandparents, and the methods of the historian are combined for effective course content. (DE)

The author offers nine ways to enrich and broaden a beginning drafting course so that it may serve as a support course for occupational programs (career education); the broad aim is to examine our industrial world as well as develop basic skills. (AJ)

Bulk of the course deals with reactions of the carbonyl group. Topic selection and ordering were based on the need to prepare the students for a succeeding biochemistry course, and the lecture-test method of instruction was adopted because of efficiency demands of teaching. (GS)

A system for teaching foreign languages to adults is described. The course material is divided into categories based on the language needs of the students, and credits are given for each completed category. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

The developer of a one-semester course in creative thinking for university undergraduates, which was later adapted for adult students, describes the course, suggests ways a teacher may unlock blocks to creativity, and offers some learning activities designed to stimulate creativity in any classroom. Selected references are given. (AJ)

Discusses various uses of testing in language teaching as well as testing that occurs in normal language use. (RM)

Participants in an undergraduate oral history project interview Vietnam veterans in their locality as primary source material for a course in Southeast Asian history. (DE)

The legend of the gunfighter-lawman, frontier justice, and the extent of violence in western history are suggested as possible course content to make history more relevant and interesting. (DE)

The paper describes the development of a course on evaluation in business and industry, offered as part of a Master's program in Human Resource Development. Since the average age of the students was 36, special emphasis was placed on structuring the class to increase relevance to the students' working lives and to ways adults learn best. A brief…

In the development of a course in financial statement analysis, the following procedures were implemented: analysis of new accounting pronouncements, new textbooks, and articles on the topic of financial statement analysis; establishment of goals and objectives for the course; and selection of text and content of the course. The course was…

The basic rationale for incorporating information about instructional experiences in the design and analysis of assessment data is that student ability, topic exposure, and forms of instructional exposure each contribute to student performance as measured at a given point in time. The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree of…

The various aspects of an advanced placement seminar in the history of Europe are presented. Descriptions of the high school that offers the seminar, their admissions policy, and seminar coordination are included. Thirty-six unit topics, organized in the form of a calendar of lessons and assignments also are listed, as are a number of sample essay…

A course in general semantics has as its primary aim to help students become aware of the interactions between words, perceptions, and behavior, and particularly how language both affects and effects belief and even action. Students are encouraged not only to be more responsive to language, but also to become more skillful users of language…