Proposes a method in which students teach students in preference to instruction by academic staff. (Author/BB)

Discusses the following aspects of university project work: academic and social aims, recent trends, and availability of projects. Advises teachers how to determine the time allotment and assessment procedures for project work. (MLH)

Suggested are activities that might stimulate cognitive thought in students and which can be performed both in school and at home. (EB)

Presents a report of the annual conference of the Education Group of the Institute of Physics, held at the University of Oxford. The educators agreed that project work is a useful teaching technique and that there is a need for categorization of such activities. (MLH)

Describes a polytechnical club" where college students must manually make laboratory equipment for experiments. Also introduces an evaluation procedure based on the student's intelligence and ability to work with others. (DS)

Describes a student investigation of a reverse flame in a atmosphere of methane that won second place in the physics division of the International Science and Engineering Fair. Includes a discussion of falling and fracturing behavior, specifically dealing with chimneys, trees, pencil point, stirring rods, and chalk. (BT)

Gives guidelines for initiating science projects and encourages students to enter them in science fairs to instill confidence in their accomplishments. (LS)

Investigated were the outcomes of student participation in science fair projects. The 952 students were stratified for science project experience, choice of career, type of project, type of award, record of project making, motivational factors and reaction to project making. Conclusions included the following: (1) Science projects were not…