A special chemistry course was designed and written for the nonscience major or non collegebound secondary school student. Both the textbook and the laboratory manual were field tested in two small rural schools of southwestern New Mexico; students from four similar schools served as controls. Student populations involved were of mixed ethnic…

Presented are the results of the Delaware Education Accountability System (DEAS) Science Task Force's analysis of science objectives, K-8. The natural science objectives are provided for K-1, 2-4, and 5-8. The categorization of objectives is in content categories and concepts. The interpretation of the coding used is fully explained in the…

This document describes the Science Cluster College (SCC), a part of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green State University. The SCC offered a science seminar, survey courses, and laboratory work. The seminar emphasized creative aspects of scientific activity, the nature of scientific knowledge, inductive and deductive logic,…

This 15 page booklet describes the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES). Problems encountered in science education are stated and the rationale for the conceptual schemes approach is developed to solve these problems. The purpose, objectives, and concepts of the COPES program are defined. The five main conceptual schemes…

This paper examines the sequence and hierarchy of objectives in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) "Science--A Process Approach" curriculum. The work of Piaget, Bruner forms a framework from which the learning objectives and tasks in the AAAS science curriculum are examined. The points of correspondence…

This is a 1971 reprint of the chemistry syllabus printed in 1966 for the state of New York. This course of study presents a modern view of chemistry suitable for pupils with a wide range of skills and abilities. The outline of topics provides the unifying principles of chemistry together with related facts. The principles included in the outline…

Educational objectives were developed for an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. The courses studied were computer programming, electrical science, electrical networks, electronic engineering, and engineering communications. The courses were analyzed in terms of purpose, content, and objectives. Definitive problems for each course…

The syllabi included in this package outline the science courses to be taught in the Technical Schools of the Education Department of Victoria (Australia) in grades seven through ten. There is a separate syllabus for each grade, with two parts for grade ten. Each syllabus contains a statement of aims, a list of the topics to be taught (including…

A description of the first two quarters of the beginning physics course at the University of California at Irvine is given. Lectures, films, student-computer dialogues and weekly assignment sheets dealing with special problems are used with much student choice allowed. Computer dialogues are used for proof learning, remedial mathematics, and…

This volume presents a description of the Curriculum Materials Analysis System (CMAS), and discusses its use. The volume is in two parts, providing German and English versions of the same material. CMAS was designed for use in analyzing five major aspects of curriculum use: (1) content, (2) instructional methods, (3) adaptiveness, (4)…

Presents some minicourses and equipment which college professors consider new in science teaching, such as: (1) the environmental educational minicourse of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and (2) multiple-choice testing without retyping. (HM)

Presents aims of, and recommendations developed by, a conference held in Malaysia, in 1977, for the purpose of discussing the problems of teaching physics in the Southeast Asian region. The recommendations dealt with ways of developing and achieving cultural self-reliance in physics education. (GA)

Reviews the physics courses regularly available at 16 universities and colleges of technology in Scotland. (SL)

Describes a guest speaker, upper level undergraduate chemistry course presented once-a-year at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. (SL)

Describes a new course in physics which employs the Mass-Radius (M-R) diagram, for non-science majors. The intent of this course is to permit the comprehension and appreciation of the why and wherefore of the gross structure of the universe. (GA)