Presents and discusses results of a questionnaire survey of college/polytechnic students (N=213) on their perceptions of and motivation for embarking on a combined-degree physics program. Areas/topics addressed include course structures of responding colleges/students, entrance requirements, student background, reasons behind choice of first year…

Compares the effectiveness of lecture versus discussion methods in postsecondary education. Describes dyadic interaction as a teaching technique in which students are paired during discussions. Demonstrates the approach through sample lessons. Examines student responses. (DMM)

Surveys 114 students studying advanced-level English literature concerning their reactions to literature. Concludes that the students displayed a balance of complex reactions. Comments on their inability to see the significance of literature in relation to their own lives. (FL)

Describes an experiment in which British geography faculty used video cassette presentations for a three week period in first year undergraduate practicals. Examined are the experiment's results in terms of the problems and advantages of video cassette recordings and student reaction to video as opposed to live presentation. (RM)

Compares the traditional method of composition grading, marginal comments, with a more recent technique, comments on cassette tape. (HOD)

Suggests alternatives to questioning after reading that involve students and encourage independence. (AEA)

Argues that a response-centered approach to literature should begin with a consideration of the students' and later the literature's values. Explains how this can be accomplished through the study of literary modes. (FL)

Argues that teachers and students would benefit from teachers' mastering of a variety of types of responses to writing, including personal and empathetic responses, in addition to the traditional advisory and evaluative responses. (RL)

Lists several fears and behaviors that may result when a student with deeply internalized values is faced with ideas that conflict with present attitudes. In a separate section, suggests that teachers record their comments about student papers as a means of providing personalized feedback. (AYC)

Reports on 20 different ways that students can "review a book" besides writing a report. (FL)

Indicates that a teacher's responses to errors made by students in oral reading are related to that teacher's theoretical orientation as well as to the type of error made. (HOD)

Examines the dynamics of the formation of impressions that teachers and pupils have of one another and suggests that the time pupils take to complete a teacher-directed task may be a nonverbal component in the formation of teachers' impressions. (Author/MP)

Shows that Plato's categories of knowledge may be used as conceptual frameworks for the study of film. (GT)

An experiment is described that was developed for a course in Inorganic and Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Rutgers University to provide pharmacy students with practical experience in the thin-layer chromatography used for the analysis of urine to monitor patient compliance with drug abuse treatment programs. (JMD)