The World Wide Web is increasingly being used as a vehicle for flexible learning, where learning is seen to be free from time, geographical, and participation constraints. In addition to flexibility, the Web facilitates student-centered approaches, creating a motivating and active learning environment. The purpose of this study is to set up an…

A questionnaire was mailed to 50 major chemistry departments, 112 smaller chemistry departments, and 25 chemical engineering (CE) departments. The survey (included in an appendix) consists of a series of questions on two broad subjects--the current inventory at the surveyed institutions and the needs for instrumentation. Responses were received…

Discusses reasons for viewing physiology as an independent discipline rather than as a subtopic of both biology and medicine. (MLH)

An editorial on the ranking of college chemical engineering departments in terms of productivity indices. (BB)

Comments are presented by five reviewers of a paper on the ranking of college chemical engineering departments in terms of productivity indices. The author replies. (BB)

Reports on the pending phasing out of Yale's department of History of Science and Medicine. (SL)

Questionnaire responses from 193 high schools indicate that very few science teachers use microcomputers regularly in classrooms. Descriptions of schools/science departments, background information on faculty using microcomputers, and nature/extent of utilization are discussed along with possible causes of limited use and recommendations for…

The administrative structure of the physics department in a major European technical university is described, particularly with regard to the organization of teaching and research functions. The department is subdivided into an institute of theoretical physics and several institutes of experimental physics, with a more important subdivision into…

The purpose of this study was to explore and discover classroom management problems encountered by undergraduate science teaching assistants (TAs). Information about TA perceptions of classroom management problems was obtained to better understand how gender, teaching experience, and academic discipline affected their classroom management…

This paper relates correlates of departmental prestige (American Council on Education ratings of graduate faculty, 1966) for a sample of 125 science and math departments. The ratings are shown to be valid. The results are discussed in the context of a broader theory of social stratification. (Author/DB)

Compares and contrasts industrial and university physics departments, focusing on the group dynamics and work environment of a corporate physics (General Motors). A major difference between these departments lies in the motivation for and evaluation of research, not in the selection of research topics. (Author/JN)

A survey of school science departments indicated that evaluation practices did not conform to a model implied by the Scottish Department of Education regarding role of department head, awareness and explicitness of department policy, and shared attitudes of staff. Two alternative models, based on authority or responsibility, were suggested. (CP)

Discusses a biochemical engineering program for undergraduate and graduate students. Describes three university programs including the goals, courses, and problems involved. (YP)

Responses from 234 of 400 secondary agriculture teachers in a national survey showed that agriculture teachers most likely to share resources with science departments took inservice science courses, taught science courses, and had positive attitudes toward science. The latter was the best overall predictor of resource sharing. (SK)