Science is shown to have unique characteristics that make it a valuable component of a basic education. While stressing the physical world, it can also provide a good model for rational and moral behavior. (JMF)

The article advocates the use of content topics, and by the use of appropriate enquiry process skills, the development of broad concepts which will encourage children to consider their attitudes in a broad range of issues and the part they can play in decisions about them. (Author/RE)

Presented is a curriculum description for medical school physiology. The curriculum involves integration of computer-based instruction with periodic faculty/student contact. The curriculum has four modes of operation. Modes can be selected by the instructor to best suit student needs. Student exam performance has shown increased learning through…

Discusses the important challenges facing high school chemistry teachers in the 1980s. Topics include increasing the enrollment of non-science-oriented students in high school chemistry courses and teaching the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry (IAC) program to college-bound general students. (BT)

Presented are several uses of the theory of accelerated frames. This approach, which does not require a knowledge of variational or energy methods, is intended for undergraduate students taking a first course in mechanics. (HM)

Discusses the results of a survey on process control education which was conducted in the United States and Canada in 1978. Process control courses and textbooks at the undergraduate and graduate level are included. (HM)

Reports that teachers exhibit a stable degree of persistence in utilizing selected elementary and secondary NSF science curricula in the western United States. Differences between teachers trained in the NSF curricula and a control sample indicate that elementary workshop participants tended to utilize NSF-sponsored curricula longer than did…

This paper, presented at the McMaster International Conference on New Directions in the Chemistry Curriculum, discusses the answers to five questions which deal with basic philosophy concerning new chemistry curricula. (HM)

The premedical and preclinical phases of the present scheme of medical education are described as wasteful of time and money, intellectually deficient, and in need of change. Suggestions are presented relating to establishing a national commission to reform the scheme. (Author/SA)

The article considers the distinction between first- and second-generation science curriculum projects, and describes the first national curriculum developed in Australia, the Australian Science Education Project (ASEP). (MK)

Describes the new mini-courses in freshman chemistry at Central State University. Compared to the traditional course, it was found that there were fewer withdrawals and that more students were achieving higher grades. (SA)

Describes the development of a student-centered chemistry program, based upon the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry (IAC), designed for two kinds of students: those who are science-oriented and mathematically inclined and those who are not inclined towards mathematics and find theoretical discussions difficult. (Author/SA)

This article provides statistical background to a discussion of girls' education in relation to physics. Speculations are presented concerning the reasons for the decline in women physics students. (Author/SA)

Presents one of the themes of a French chemistry college laboratory course, which concerns the field of solid state chemistry and is focused on the study of the cation distribution in the case of certain spinel ferrites. (HM)

Analyzes the meaning of Piaget's concept of abstraction and provides discussion of some of its shortcomings. (HM)