"Opportunity to learn" refers to the extent to which teachers dedicate instructional time and content coverage to the intended curriculum using a range of cognitive processes, instructional practices, and grouping formats. This article describes the My Instructional Learning Opportunities Guidance System, a research-based online teacher…

Findings from the ninth triennial administration of the National Survey of First-Year Seminars, describing the nature and extent of first-year seminars on American college campuses. Drawn from a broad sample of colleges and universities from every institutional type, control, and size, the survey addresses topics including seminar characteristics…

Describes a teaching program that encourages student creativity by stimulating them to invent'' Rube Goldbergian apparatus from discarded materials in creativity kits supplied by the teacher and supplemented by students. (AL)

Describes the approach used in one school to encourage the individual student to assume responsibility for planning and conducting his own work within a prescribed course of study. (AL)

Describes a teaching technique where students are to describe in detail, identify the unusual aspects of, and then provide an explanation of puzzling events or situations" in terms of previous experience and known scientific principles. Illustrated with examples, mostly chemical. (AL)

Presented is an annotated bibliography with approximately 100 citations (1972-1976) on teaching methods and programs for the emotionally disturbed. Entries are arranged by accession number and usually include the following information: author, title, date, source, pagination, availability (including Educational Resources Information Center number…

Describes the ERAT (electronic-response and audiotutorial modes of instruction) system which is used to teach biology to non-science majors at Ball State University. Outlines the course content, the student activities involved in using this system, the role of the instructor, and the value of technology in education. (JR)

Describes one teacher's approach to individualizing science instruction by use of assignment cards to allow students to work at their own rates. (AL)

A five-year program in technical studies is described. Instructional projects emphasize the construction of science equipment relating a theoretical subject to its practical application through technology. (TS)