The use of computer graphics in an introductory statistics course is described. The advantages over more traditional diagrammatic representations are discussed and an outline is given of two computer-supported graphic display systems. A description is also provided of an experiment, designed to evaluate the influence of such graphic aids. (JP)

An elective on goals and career planning has made social studies relevant to students and their life choices. (Author/KM)

An application of open classroom techniques to the college classroom for a race relations course is described and evaluated. (Author/KM)

Described a program designed to stimulate teacher involvement and to break down isolation within the profession. This program provided opportunities for important initiatives in the furtherance of the teacher's professional development. (Author/RK)

A required course for graduate teaching assistants on improving the quality of instruction in the undergraduate laboratories is described. As a principal feature of the course, the graduate students improved existing laboratory experiments or developed new ones. Both self-evaluation and evaluation by faculty members were applied to the final…

A course relating to energy and the environment and aimed specifically at engineering students is outlined. Course objectives, format, and content are specified; required problem sets, papers, and exams are briefly discussed. (DT)

Describes a job-related foreign language course given to airline employees. Course objectives, course structure, and validation and evaluation procedures are discussed. (PM)

Includes philosophical framework and implementation details for the course. (CH)

Describes the structure and content of the laboratory course sequence of the Engineering College of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The multidisciplinary laboratory sequence is a core requisite take n in the junior year, and instructs students in experimental methodology, including measurement and instrumentation theory. (JR)

Presents the results of educational experiments aimed at incorporating APL programming techniques in an undergraduate physical-analytical laboratory course. Included are a list of first year experiments and some examples of operations. (CC)

Discusses a two-semester college course focusing on the idea that developments in the sciences and the arts together reveal a constant process of mutual influence and cross-fertilization. The course develops this thesis using examples from physics, art, literature, and philosophy from Greek times to the present day. (Author/MLH)

Descriptions by three law professors of approaches they have developed to integrate the topic of compensation or no-fault systems into their basic torts course. (JT)

Contains an annotated outline intended to assist law professors who may wish to incorporate international material in their regular conflicts courses as a summary lecture, a full semester course in private international law, or interwoven with the pertinent section on American law. (JT)

Describes each unit of a course required for first-year law students which seeks to develop legal skills in case analysis and synthesis, research and writing, oral presentation, client interviewing, pleading, fact investigation, counseling, pre-trial discovery, and negotiation. Includes explanation of a clinical unit utilizing a simulated consumer…