Describes an arrangement of a laboratory course in biochemistry designed to teach currently used biochemical techniques and then have students apply the procedures in a real research program so as to give students a better understanding of biochemistry. (BR)

This testimony, before the May 1974 public hearings of the New York City Commission on Human Rights by the Administrator, Urban-Suburban Transfer Program and Inter district Transfer Program, West Irondequoit School District, New York, reviews a program which began with 25 minority group youngsters from one racially-imbalanced Rochester school…

Reports on a behavior modification study conducted at Stanford University in California nearly 10 years ago. Details the project and provides follow-up data eight years later. (EJT)

Analyzes the relationships between four sets of ratings given to college students while in a preparation program for teaching credentials. Ratings by 1) college and public school supervisors, 2) college classroom instructors, 3) student-peer groups, and by 4) students themselves via self-ratings are evaluated for significant relationship patterns.…

An integration of human geography concepts and physical geography concepts into one course is proposed; and the conceptual framework, teaching strategies and materials, and difficulties of introducing an innovative course are discussed. (ND)

The regional differences in 19th century Ohio house designs are analyzed and labeled. (DE)

Integrating content about women into the regular social studies curriculum is a method suggested for eliminating sexual stereotypes in education. A conceptual model and a sample lesson of women and politics are presented to show how women can be incorporated into the existing curriculum of political reform. (JR)

An explanatory model of evaluation research is presented from a psychological perspective that incorporates concepts of internal and external validity, formative and summative evaluation and points toward the roles in which psychologists trained in more traditional areas can contribute to this enterprise. While the classical experimental approach…

Chosen by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for a 1974 Case Study, Sullivan County Community College (New York) established five committees to conduct institutional research in preparation for visitation by association representatives. The activities of the governance committee and the benefits of combined internal…

Without a change in grading practices, elective English programs can become simply old programs with new names. (JH)

Students in a coeducational liberal arts college rated faculty on two typical teaching evaluation instruments and on a semantic differential form. Findings suggest that improvement of teacher effectiveness may depend more on changes related to personality factors than on those involving classroom procedures. (Author/BJG)

The North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation recently experimented with two methods of program evaluation (the tax payback method and the earn back method) and found strengths and weaknesses in each. (Author/BP)

This simulation project is valuable as a means of training and evaluation in counselor education and in studying counselor cognitive processes. It also provides an opportunity to test the sufficiency of an explicit set of theoretical constructs for explaining client behavior. (Author)