Included in this proceedings are: (1) letters to conferees; (2) conference chairpersons; (3) symposia listing; (4) chemical demonstrations, listing and abstracts; (5) "birds-of-a-feather" sessions, listing and abstracts (informal sessions providing an opportunities for people with similar interests to meet); (6) workshop listings; (7) symposia abstracts; (8) workshop abstracts; (9) authors index; (10) exhibitors; and (11) daily "at-a-glance" summaries. The majority of abstracts are represented by the following symposia topics: chemical research opportunities for secondary school faculty; overview of computer use in chemical education, high school and general chemistry; increasing the use of writing in chemistry courses; a single coherent picture of the chemical bond; technicians and technician education; what will "textbook" mean in the year 2000?; environmental chemistry and environmental science programs; changing the teaching of chemistry at large universities; the non-traditional student; teaching favorite topics; laboratory teaching; undergraduate research; computer applications in the classroom and laboratory; new approaches to teaching organic chemistry; how will national initiatives in science education affect the teaching of high school and college chemistry?; innovative uses of modern instrumentation in introductory chemistry courses; research in education; teacher education and the high school curriculum; and transforming the chemistry learning environment. (LZ)