A description of the Shropshire Mathematics Experiment, discussing the philosophy, goals, content, and implementation of a program in modern mathematics for the secondary school level. (DT)

Describes the business communications program at the University of Houston. Emphasis is given to the teaching facilities and to student needs. (JS)

Describes the use of a mini-computer facility within a biological science department to introduce biology students to computing in a course-related manner. (AL)

A college professor describes and advocates exchanging positions with public school teachers for a time in order to gain up-to-date practical experience which would in turn improve methods courses instruction. (CP)

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

Describes the techniques used for science instruction and testing with classes of slow learners" in an English secondary school, emphasizing the role of self-instructional audio programs and the use of audio tests. (AL)

Common science laboratory skills, such as bending glass tubing, are taught to prospective teachers. (CP)

Although students who used the Physical Science Study Committee experiments improved in their understanding of the conservation of momentum, greater gains were made by those who used a computer simulation of one dimensional elastic collisions in a vacuum. (AL)

Individually prescribed instruction (IPI) tapes were used for review, remedial instruction, and individual drill in a shorthand lab. (JS)

The varieties of materials testing and its methods, uses, and resources for industrial arts classes are described. (MU)

Describes a program at the Jay Cooke Junior High School in Philadelphia which involved over 550 class trips and approximately 15,000 individual student experiences. (MB)