Uses the theme of murder in current fiction and nonfiction to increase nonmajor students' understanding of scientific concepts, elevate their interest in science, model science as a process, and demonstrate the relevance of science to everyday life. (DDR)

The Blackboard Learning System™, a Web-based server software system, is widely used on many college and university campuses today. This paper explores the use of the Blackboard system as a teaching and learning tool. Particular emphasis is placed on the online chat feature available through the Blackboard interface. During the fall 2002 pilot…

Efforts to ensure that graduates leave university with the skills needed for career wide lifelong learning have been the focus of much activity at universities both nationally and internationally for over a decade. In this paper, we describe three projects aimed at developing student skills as part of the discipline content in line with current…

Describes a group of systems analysis courses which utilizes a computer model of a company which makes house wire to provide a realistic representation of the complexities involved in industrial management. (CP)

A study was conducted at Queensborough Community College to determine if observational, laboratory, and educational activities at an astronomical observatory housing a 12-inch Cassegrain telescope enhanced the attitudes of students enrolled in Physics 110 (The Principles of Astronomy and Science). Two groups of students were involved in the study:…

SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN COLLEGE PHYSICS ARE PRESENTED. DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES INCLUDE COMPLETE CITATIONS OF PERTINENT DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED PRIOR TO 1965 AND ARE GROUPED IN CATEGORIES WHICH INCLUDE (1) BACKGROUND REFERENCES, (2) THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY IN TEST CONSTRUCTION, (3) ACHIEVEMENT TESTING, (4)…

This report is based on the results of the Survey of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers and the Nonresponse Bias Survey published by the Commission on Human Resources of the National Research Council in 1975. Possible biases in estimates of variables are examined. Estimates based on data from the 1975 survey respondents, plus the nonresponse bias…

Presented are policy guidelines and recommendations intended to help administrators of engineering colleges facilitate the entry and retention of women in undergraduate programs. The report offers a summary of the status of women in undergraduate engineering programs and future trends of women in engineering schools; two mechanisms that will…

This paper provides a review of pertinent statistical information related to supply and demand, a consideration of "forcing" factors in supply/demand analyses, a discussion of training versus task requirements as related to job performance, a presentation of a tentative "engineering occupations" model, and an emphasis on definition of the various…

Twenty-seven papers related to the themes of making engineering education more responsive to societal needs and integrating social implications into curriculum which were read and/or submitted at the workshop appear in the text. In addition, the results of five workshops sessions are reported. Summaries and recommendations are made in the areas…

This investigation studied that relationship between structured teacher-student verbal interaction and critical thinking ability of students in an introductory course in general college biology. This interaction took the form of lecture, of discussion using broad questions, and of discussion using narrow questions as the three primary teaching…

A panel discussion on "Biology in the next two decades" is reported. Panelists identified significant questions at various levels of biological inquiry (cellular, organ and tissue, organismal, population, and behavioral) and speculated about means for answering them. The necessity for relating information between levels was stressed. A distinction…

A directory of college television courseware lists offerings in curriculum areas such as: social sciences, biology, black studies, business, mathematics, sciences, computer science, consumer protection, creative arts, drug education, ecology, engineering, humanities, physics, nursing, nutrition, religion, and vocational education, etc. Each course…

The main report describes the procedures followed, difficulties encountered, and results obtained by a faculty and student summer task force attempting to design and produce course materials for an introductory college course in man-environment relations, and plan an undergraduate curriculum in environmental studies. Data on changes in…

The result of declining enrollment is more and more frequently the closing of elementary and secondary schools. Discusses some community reaction to these closing schools. Also describes the efforts of Loyola University's physicist Jeffry Mallow to help otherwise healthy and intelligent college students to overcome their anxiety about science…