Contained in this newsletter are several articles pertaining to activities of the Engineering Concepts Curriculum Project at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York. Two are of major concern. One deals with the development of a laboratory science course for senior high school students to improve technological literacy and entitled…

This paper presents a two dimensional chart of student behavior and subject matter content for facilitating the development of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) science curriculum, or any science curriculum. Within this framework, behavioral objectives are formulated, science subject matter content is selected, student learning…

This report, which is the outcome of a joint project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, considers ways in which science teaching in elementary schools could be improved. It is addressed to scientists, professors of education, college…

This book examines questions about the purposes and subject matter of the conventional junior high school science curriculum and presents more than twenty experimental instructional practices designed to improve science teaching at this level. The author recognizes the controversies surrounding organizational proposals for junior high school and…

This curriculum guide provides a laboratory approach to teaching elementary school science. A set of both cognitive and affective objectives is presented. Beginning with grade level 4, conceptual schemes for each level, with accompanying subconcepts, are presented, and a complete list of behavioral objectives associated with the conceptual schemes…

The author attempts to delineate the three critical parameters which he feels must be considered in examining the role of general education science in an open society--students, instructors, and an holistic curricula. One other element considered to be of particular importance to such a teaching experience was style. The author briefly considers…

The primary purpose of the investigation was to determine if any attitudinal change toward science occurs in college freshmen during enrollment in selected introductory science courses. Relationships were also sought between: (1) scientific attitude on entering college, (2) enrollment in a course or in no science course, (3) sex of students, and…

This paper discusses a college-level course on contemporary topics in science offered to non-science majors at the State University College of New York. The authors examine the objectives, methods, and various student groupings utilized in the course, investigate why it has been successful, and make recommendations for courses of this nature. The…

This publication contains details of 18 science topics based upon the general science objectives stated by the Working Party on Secondary School Science for pupils in the third and fourth years of Scottish secondary schools who do not intend to take courses leading to the Scottish Certificate of Education examinations (see SE 015 432). The topics…

A survey of entering freshmen at the United States Naval Academy was made in 1970 and 1971 to find their intended major. These tentative major choices were compared with high school physics background. The sample consisted of 2,510 students from all 50 states. Tables included are physics background, percentage choosing physics major, percentage…

The report attempts to assess the broader implications of geology within the framework, and in the development, of society; to review existing undergraduate programs in geology and earth science teacher-training; to analyze the consequent demand and supply for geologists and other earth scientists; and to consider the varying effects and…

Described is an analysis of the content, tasks, and strategies needed by students to enable them to identify insects to order by sight and to family by use of a standard dichotomous taxonomic key. Tasks and strategies are broken down and arranged progressively in the approximate order in which students should progress. Included are listings of…

Presents three science programs developed as special topics courses at one of the two-year regional campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Valley. The authors outline these programs in biology, physics and chemistry to illustrate their plasticity for program development and experimentation. (HM)

Presents some problems for quantum chemistry courses based upon model pseudopotentials. Also includes some useful formulas and tables of parameters associated with these problems. (HM)

Descriptions of undergraduate physics programs are given: physics with geophysics physics with solid state electronics, physics with medical physics, and honors physics. (MDR)