Describes the laboratory portion of a biology course which has been changed to incorporate a self-paced concept allowing students to attend the laboratory at their own convenience. (EB)

This review of the historical development and use of instructional television at Worcester Polytechnic Institute concentrates on the use of videotape as supplementary to classroom instruction in scientific and technical subject areas. Uses of videotapes discussed include: (1) instruction in computer use, (2) laboratory module instruction, (3)…

The set-up and checking-out of a simulated chemical pilot plant as part of a chemical engineering technology lab is described. (BB)

Discusses reasons and need for experimental laboratories in engineering education. (SL)

Describes the use of an interactive computer terminal for introductory laboratory experiments. (SL)

Provides 16 ideas and activities to promote safety awareness in school science programs. (SL)

The goal was to gain information concerning the appropriateness of each of 70 selected laboratory teaching competencies for inclusion in science teacher education programs and the extent to which students had developed such competencies. Approximately 85 percent of the competency items were viewed as appropriate for beginning science teachers. (MP)

Describes an attempt to develop and staff a new first-year laboratory course at the University of Jordan. A postgraduate course in chemical education is used as the development and training vehicle. (BT)

An inorganic chemistry course at the Free University of Amsterdam is part of an integrated program involving practical work and theoretical study for chemistry students. Twelve experiments are required and 11 are performed by students in groups of fours. (Author/SA)

Describes a final year undergraduate course in which students use X-ray diffraction to identify clay minerals. (SL)

Discusses building memory ability, Agatha Christie's and Sherlock Holmes' chemical abilities, and excerpts from now unpublished laboratory manuals. (SL)

The pendulum and balance beam were studied. The principal question addressed was whether students could substantially and quickly benefit from a teaching strategy explicitly designed to promote transfer. About half the subjects could acquire in brief time a procedure for transferring knowledge to novel tasks. (MP)

Presents a series of behavioral objectives for a 60 hour science unit designed to train laboratory technicians in safety, basic laboratory skills, laboratory service and fittings, and first aid. (SL)

Describes a two-year high school chemistry course for girls that includes visits to local industries, the study of their chemical processes, and work in their laboratories. (GA)

The results of testing a theoretical model for laboratory psychomotor skill development are described. Research implications for fine motor learning in the chemistry laboratory are given. (Author/SA)