Describes a physics laboratory course which operates without written instructions and with no required experiments. Course is based upon one- or two-week topics in mechanics, heat, electromagnetism and optics with a student-designed experiment in modern physics as an extended project. (DF)

Third in a series of polls of professional opinion on key issues. This one assesses attitudes on such disparate questions as individually prescribed instruction and the treatment of pregnant students. (Author)

Team effort and learner-centered activity are emphasized in this description of the learning program at the Plantation Middle School, Broward County, Florida. Extensive use of media and materials characterizes the curriculum. (Author/KE)

A course which has been tried, evaluated, and completely adopted is presented as an alternative solution to the problems of introductory courses for the non-major. (DF)

Describes a teaching format at Walden School, New York, New York. (DS)

Adapted from a speech given during the Seminar on Teacher Preparation at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, Chicago, Illinois, December 1971. (DS)

Discusses the possibilities of a kind of educational contracting where the student seeks and secures the teaching service and experiences he desires. (JS)

While the computer is presently largely performing functions such as payroll processing and scheduling, in a few years it will affect virtually every student from the kindergarten through the graduate school in some way or another relating to his learning. (Author/CB)