The joint winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American Physical Society (APS) was held in Atlanta, Georgia, January 27-30, 1986. Abstracts of papers presented at the meeting and the complete program are provided. An author index is appended. (JN)

Summarizes information on the need for a Center for the History of Science, originally presented within a symposium on this topic at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in March, 1980. Lists titles of papers presented, objectives of such a center, and general proceedings. (CS)

Reported are the proceedings of the August 1980 American Chemical Society Conference. The ACS voted to terminate the educational commission and the science commission and replace these commissions with committees. Also discussed was setting up annual subsidies to ACS divisions and the redefinition of ACS membership requirements. (Author/DS)

A diversity of themes are addressed in the papers presented in this document; they include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues. The papers focus on such topics as: (1) problem solving; (2) cognition; (3) the learning environment; (4) energy education; (5) the use of diagrams; (6) scientific methodology; (7)…

Believing that effective supervision depends upon a well-informed, competent leader, the National Association of Science Supervisors (NSSA) conducted a regional leadership conference for science chairpersons and supervisors (August 10-15, 1980) which focused on (1) increasing leadership skills in selecting supervisory techniques and strategies,…

In November, 1990, over 500 environmental educators from North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean gathered to reflect on the accomplishments and weaknesses of the environmental education movement in San Antonio, Texas. The conference theme, Setting the Agenda for the 90's, helped to focus the presenters and participants on the achievements…

Designed to provide an international cross-section of data on science and mathematics education, this document describes the educational systems of countries that developed innovative approaches to science education. The science-centered systems of Japan, People's Republic of China, East Germany, West Germany, and the Soviet Union are featured in…

This report discusses the development and implementation of programs in Asia and the Pacific which focus on "Science for All." The major objective of "Science for All" is to provide everyone in these areas with the scientific competencies, knowledge, and skills appropriate to their immediate needs to help eradicate poverty,…

This document is the proceedings of the 10th annual meeting of the International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE). Papers include: (1) "Liberal Education, Information Assessment and Argumentation in Science-LIA" (Andreas Quale, Anders Isnes, Terje Kristensen, and Ketil Mathiassen); (2) "Placing the History…

Included in this publication are 20 papers related to teaching chemistry in two-year colleges. The papers are presented under the following categories: Innovative Teaching; Allied Health; Chemistry as a Career; Chemical Technology; and Chemistry for Non-Science Majors. Most of the papers were presented at two meetings (Regina and Houston). (RH)

Included in this record of the proceedings of the eighth annual conference of the Federation for Unified Science Education (FUSE) are texts of major presentations, panel discussions, and contributed papers. Other activities of the conference are also reported. (CP)

Summarizes proceedings of the Honors Symposium at the twelfth annual International Congress for Individualized Instruction (II) and lists speakers who have been pioneers in the field of II. (CS)

Provides abstracts of contributed and invited papers presented at the 32nd Annual Fall Meeting of the American Physiological Society, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11-16, 1981. (CS)

Presents a summary of each paper presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at the Johnson Space Center, Houston in March 1980. Topics relate to Venus, Jupiter, Mars, asteroids, meteorites, regoliths, achondrites, remote sensing, and cratering studies. (SA)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the areas of faculty development, teaching assistants, and teaching strategies. A bibliography of 16 presented papers related to these topics is attached. (CS)