Describes a physics classroom in Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, New Jersey. Over 50 percent of the student body studies at least a year of physics before graduating, but less than 15 percent take a computer course. The physics programs discussed illustrate five different computer applications. (MP)

The Learning Environmental Inventory is promoted as a tool that has been used extensively to ascertain differences in class environment and how student environment perceptions relate to achievement and attitude. It's felt that teachers can improve their classrooms through careful use of the instrument and application of knowledge gained. (MP)

The act of attributing human emotions to nonhuman animals (personification) may lead to misconceptions by young students who may not be able to distinguish fact from fiction. Three major types of personification (animism, anthropomorphism, and teleology) are briefly reviewed with related examples. (DS)

Presents position statements indicating the necessity of laboratory experiences for the teaching and learning of science in the elementary school. Three different perspectives are addressed: research, curriculum, and teaching. (DS)

Presented are some considerations relating to the problem of why human studies is still regarded as a new subject and why resistance to human studies as a new subject is so great. (PB)

Ways in which the concept of oxidation-reduction has been treated in the current popular textbooks of general college chemistry are discussed. (HM)

Presented is a justification for inorganic chemistry in general chemistry courses. (HM)

The concept of stereochemical nonequivalence (heterotopicity) of apparently identical ligands, or of apparently identical faces, is discussed. (HM)

Reported are results from two statewide surveys and additional interviews of teachers at all grade levels in elementary schools in New Hampshire. Data regarding time spent, methods, constraints, approaches, and services needed from colleges and universities indicate a shift away from science as a major part of the curriculum. (CS)

Focuses on the educational needs of the chemical technician, the transition from school to further education, and problems related to courses for chemical technicians. (Author/SA)

Presents a discussion of the new scheme for planning and implementing assessment procedures for each college represented by the Technician Education Council. (Author/SA)

Describes "chemometrics" courses which focus on statistical and mathematical approaches for interpreting complex chemical data. (SK)

Outlines a lesson plan/strategy for making use of the space shuttle model in the elementary science classroom. (DS)

Presents a list of objectives drawn from results of a questionnaire sent to secondary and college chemistry teachers to indicate which ideas or concepts should be required of every student completing a secondary level chemistry course. Reviews rationale for the study and lists statements used in the questionnaire. (SK)

Indicates that physics textbooks currently used in Britain present a clear masculine image and argues that a change in "image management" could encourage more girls to enter physics. (Author/SK)