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)

Summarizes the experiences of a zoology professor attempting to construct a student-centered course in neurophysiology. Various aspects of the organization and conduct of the course are described, including the beginning experience, topics of interest, lecture, laboratory, computer simulation, examinations, student lectures. Evaluation of the…

Discusses the major problems facing environmental geology programs today including the need for curriculum standardization and problems of poor student performance. (MA)

The head of a science department in a British high school discusses the effects that budget cuts are having on secondary school science teaching and offers some suggestions for minimizing the dangers. (Editor/SJL)

Reports survey results of college professors indicating what content they expect to be included in high school chemistry courses and the approximate time and depth of coverage they recommend. (JN)

Presents several examples of the interface of science teaching and politics. Supports the notion of a double function in teaching biology: (1) to educate a young person for critical observation, independent judgment, and responsible action; and (2) to prepare him for the future. (CS)

Discusses factors associated with an implicit chemistry curriculum, including: (1) skills of written and verbal communication necessary for success on essays, reports, and examinations; (2) problem solving; (3) actual performance required for success in a course; and (4) professionalism and professional ethics. Suggests implicit factors may…

Describes a concrete model for teaching the concepts of reflection and refraction without the use of formal mathematics. The model has been tested in five sections of a physics course for nonscience majors at Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland. (HM)

Announces the introduction of a refresher course designed to expose senior chemists to modern organic chemistry, delving into such topics as new synthetic methods, molecular orbital theory, heterocyclic and organometallic chemistry, and C-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, offered at the University of Florida in Gainesville in March 1981.…

Presents the author's views of what should be done about science teaching and curriculum in the British elementary schools. (HM)