Describes a biochemistry laboratory course in which students worked in groups; each group selected three of nine possible experiments. Each student was responsible for using the chemical literature to obtain detailed procedures for performing the experiments, and submitted formal reports on each experiment. (MLH)

An innovative interdisciplinary undergraduate history designed to increase student interest is described. The modular course studies a number of current interest topics from the point of view of history and other academic disciplines. (DE)

The educational aims and objectives of industrial archaeology are defined. Short descriptions of how it is used in English secondary schools are provided. (DE)

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Views a speech as behaviorally influential and reflective of both the speaker and the audience, and provides a content description of an American public address course. (MH)

Offers a course description of an introductory course in physics for nonscientists. The history of research into extrasensory perception is used as evidence of the scientific method. Lecture demonstrations are discussed. (Author/CP)

A junior high level social studies unit designed to determine the characteristics of a real and fictionalized "great" person is described. (DE)

Describes a course required for Mayo Medical School students that includes a self-instructional test on 15 common writing faults, a minithesis, and a clinical laboratory research project prepared as a paper submissible to a scientific journal and critiqued by professional editors. (JT)

A seminar entitled "The Juvenile and the Law" offered by the University of Connecticut Schools of Law and Social Work is described. Designed to foster interprofessional understanding, the class of half law and half social work students is taught by an interdisciplinary team and focuses on research by interdisciplinary student teams. (JT)

Describes a remedial course that uses an experiential approach. Presents the major topics in the course, outlines the subsections and modules used in the first unit, and explains the method used for student evaluation. (GS)

This article describes the experience of Southern Technical Institute (Georgia) in setting up humanities and social science courses in ways that will interest technical students. A sample course description of "United States History Since 1876" is provided, along with lists of resulting benefits and recommendations. (NHM)

Authors considered a teacher training course which brings students into closer contact with the classroom. (Editor/RK)

This article outlines the classics courses offered at four New Zealand universities and the philosophies directing their progress. Both language courses and courses taught in translation are discussed, along with the question of advanced study and research. (CHK)

Article presented a plan for ninth grade exposure to the career education cluster concept utilized in Monrovia, California. (Editor/RK)