A study comparing two 40-student sections of general organic chemistry, one taught using the Keller Plan format and the other using a standard lecture method, is reported. Results of a student attitude survey showed students in the Keller Plan had a more positive attitude toward the course. (DT)

This course of study involves the description of foreign policy behavior and its domestic determinants for a variety of countries with respect to sixteen post-World-War-II issues. This descriptive process amplified by reading and class discussion culminates in a comparative analysis embodied in a formal research paper. (JH)

This article describes a course in circuit design that required students to design input-output devices for a PDP-8/L computer that would become a permanent part of the system. (HMD)

The Teaching Workshop for Medical Educators at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine is a course designed to provide participants with an opportunity to develop further those teaching skills associated with instructional excellence. (Editor/PG)

Objectives, teaching techniques, learning activities, and a rationale are presented for four sections of a semester's secondary vocational course in design which co-mingles home economics and industrial arts: (1) design and architecture; (2) consumer education in relation to housing needs; (3) decorating; and (4) landscaping and maintenance. (AJ)

Describes a four-level classification scheme of "environmental insults" which may be used for instructional purposes as a framework for teaching-learning sequences in studying problems of the local environment. (SH)

An individualized packet course on geology is described. The first part of the course focuses on partially completed lab drawings which students must complete, while the second part features 16 student labs. Evaluation of students is discussed, and a list of exercises and teacher demonstrations is provided. (DT)

Discusses the teaching of a junior level physical chemistry course with self-paced instruction to engineering and physical science students. Included are a description of topics and a summary of student responses. (CC)

Discusses the teaching of electronics, to secondary school seniors, as a means of building up a wide range of concepts basic to science and engineering. (JR)

A curriculum framework for the study of alternative world futures leads to suggestions for a number of courses derived from a research orientation toward educating about social change and peace. (Author/KM)

Describes an introductory astronomy course at Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, in which the Keller Plan (personalized system of instruction) is used. Course evaluation results and typical student comments about this self-paced program are provided. (JR)

Discusses offering of a modular course designed to acquaint the student with methods of observing and quantitatively measuring the properties and reactions of chemicals. Included is a brief sketch of course content and requirements. (CC)

Discusses the industry's increasing interests in in-house continuing education of employees to avoid technical obsolescence. Included are sample courses, a description of criteria for topic selection, and a summary of the educational techniques used in continuing education programs. (CC)

This document presents the student's guide for an introductory physics course in electricity and magnetism for students in merchant marine and related degree fields. The unit is competency based and contract graded. The guide includes information on course objectives, examinations, an optional paper, laboratory sessions, grading, course content,…

This booklet is designed to help high school students plan their course schedules. Though written with reference to the Baltimore area, it can serve as a useful model for other school districts. The booklet explains the zoned comprehensive schools and specialized citywide schools created under a 1975 desgregation program, listing and describing…