A review of Confronting Curriculum Reform" (Little, Brown), edited by Elliot W. Eisner--a record of a symposium held at Stanford University in May 1969. (RY)

Teacher education departments should be evaluated in costs involved, subject matter competence, and pedagogical prowess. (Editor/HS)

Describes rapid growth of graduate education in engineering between 1900 and 1969. Points out need for graduate curricula in engineering that are both practical and research-oriented. Adapted from paper presented at International Conference on the Trends in the Teaching and Training of Engineers, Paris, France, December 9-13, 1968, and at Second…

Reprinted from the April 1969 issue of "The New Mexico Journal for Social Studies . (AP)

"Research in Social Studies Education , James P. Shaver, Editor, Social Education's Research Supplement, Number one, December 1969. An investigation undertaken at Utah State University concludes, "That economics is not an intellectually inappropriate subject for primary-grades social studies. (Author)

A curriculum analysis instrument, Assessment of Humaneness, is presented for evaluating social studies programs by students and teachers. Also discussed is the author's position that the only appropriate social studies curriculum is one which stimulates the development of humaneness, of human capabilities. (DB)

Broad guidelines based upon Robert Stake's model of educational evaluation are composed for social studies departments improving their program through some evaluation measures. (VW)

The study compared students of CHEM study and traditional chemistry in achievement in chemistry and level of critical thinking. It also attempted to determine if there is interaction between program, mental ability and the variables of achievement in chemistry and critical thinking. (Author/MF)

Analyzes effects of different student backgrounds on success in an introductory college biology class. Students with BSCS Yellow Version high school courses were consistently superior to other groups. Results consistent with Ausubel's Theory of learning. (AL)