Examines research which was performed in order to investigate, in the context of colleges of further education, the relationship between performance on divergent and convergent thinking tests and between performance on divergent thinking tests and academic attainment. (CT)

Reviews published material on conformational behavior in 1,2-disubstituted frameworks regulated by steric and polar factors and attractive and repulsive gauche effects. Reports on attraction in systems with small and strongly electronegative atoms. Suggests that cause is dominant nuclear-electron attraction between atoms or groups. (Author/SA)

Presents a general introduction to microprocessors and microcomputers. Guidelines for purchasing software and hardware are intended to familiarize potential buyers with the current equipment on the market and the terminology in use. (SA)

Summarizes a study based on a questionnaire addressed to chemists employed in industry to determine the types of duties performed by individuals with the master's degree as their highest degree. Surveyed were their perceptions of the adequacy of their training, and the need or value of the degree in their career. (MLH)

Presents an analysis of the deterioration of the engineering profession via the production of an oversupply of engineers. (SL)

Discusses how emerging technologies enhance existing methods of learning and create new ways for institutions of higher education to fulfill their core teaching and learning missions, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Explores technology planning. (EV)

Describes the general education process of the Netherlands and the system of higher education in engineering. Discusses possibilities for postgraduate students and some differences from other European educational systems. (YP)

Explores the basic physical laws of the juggling activity. Derives some equations involving height, angle, time, and distance for common juggling objects. Describes the relationships among height, length, mass, number of clubs, number of spins, angular velocity, time, and angle in club juggling. (YP)

Provides a description of and information about an individualized program in science at Central Community College. Reports on a study which compares lecture with individualized instruction. Concludes that there were no significant differences between heterogeneous groups, and there are advantages and disadvantages to each method. Diagrams and…

Provides an overview of a graduate course on particulate processes, especially on crystal size distribution (CSD). Describes the course and includes a list of course topics. Discusses the CSD simulation and manipulation. (YP)

During the spring semester of 1987 a mathematician and a physicist from Oberlin College went with 21 undergraduates to London to use the resources of England as the basis for a course. The course is described, with emphasis on its experimental, experiential nature. (Author/MLW)

Reports an experiment for examining protein-ligand binding using the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. Describes the experimental procedures consisting of the syntheses of an azosulfonamide and its complex formation with carbonic anhydrase. (YP)