Reliable and valid methods of student assessment in Newcastle University's new undergraduate medical curriculum are examined as indices of competence within the constraints of the educational program objectives. Considerable attention is given to the assessment of sciences basic to medicine through assessment instruments developed from clinical…

A survey of authors of elementary social studies methods texts indicates a lack of agreement on goals for the elementary social studies. Implications of this study are outlined. (JMF)

Analyzes a recent publication of a German foreign language teachers' organization on the topic of the title. Sees gratifying progress in the basic attitude, but finds that in some segments the traditional university curriculum's influence persists. (IFS/WGA)

The facility index of a test item is the percentage of testees choosing the correct response. A common curriculum model presents process and content as two dimensions of the difficulty of an educational task. Wheeler suggested a third dimension: precision. This three-dimensional model is applied to chemistry education. (BW)

The need for common content in A-level mathematics courses in England is discussed. Considerations include the type of student, needed skills, and strategies. (MK)

Interdisciplinary work has an important role to play in undergraduate study, but only as part of a larger pattern in which the disciplines as such must occupy a central position, since they supply the forms and structures that support a heritage of learning. (Author)

Suggestions are made for directing students in a program of independent study. (JD)

Pertinent questions are asked on the subject of college and school cooperation in the training of teachers. (JD)

Among the benefits derived from a detailed curriculum analysis is the actual analysis process itself. Creating a curriculum diagram can lead to better understanding of what can and should be taught. (Author/BB)

G. Stanley Hall's opinions of women were formed early in life under pressure of a doting mother and were reinforced by his choice of wives. Describes the influences that shaped Hall's educational program for young women that was the logical extension of his philosophical position. (Author/RK)

ENTER: History, geography, consumerism, science facts. COMPUTE: Totals, averages, percentages, etc. READ OUT: Enriched, integrated learning. (Editor)

Argues that, however important the philosophical work is which has been done on "needs" in relation to the curriculum, clarification of what is entailed by a needs-policy has not gone far enough, and that the present state of opinion concerning such a policy may be damaging to educational development. (Author/RK)

A student in the University of Hawaii's College of Education comments on the Human Development curriculum and the responsibility of educators to focus on their own values and attitudes and how they influence students. (RK)

Individualized mini-courses in medical and legal transcription, which were planned, implemented, and evaluated at the University of Nebraska at Ohama, are described. (TA)

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch developed a method of presenting the didactic information in pediatrics in a series of instructional modules. Student acceptance of the modules has been very high. (LBH)