Innovations in network and information technology have transformed traditional classroom lectures into new approaches that have given universities the opportunity to create a virtual laboratory. However, there is no systematic framework in existing approaches for the development of virtual laboratories. Further, developing a virtual laboratory…

In "Drosophila," calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) activity is crucial in associative courtship conditioning for both memory formation and suppression of courtship during training with a mated female. We have previously shown that increasing levels of constitutively active CaMKII, but not calcium-dependent CaMKII, in a subset…

A description of Paddock School, a school for the severely mentally handicapped, and its special audiovisual program for instruction. (HB)

In order to test the effectiveness of teaching in modifying moral judgments, 200 students were administered a test of moral judgments in mitigating circumstances. Of the five classes, two received instruction about the authoritarian personality, while three classes served as controls and received no such information. In a pretest-posttest design,…

Results of a study aimed at determining whether it is possible to train students to become better listeners relative to a given set of skills, and whether there were socioeconomic or sex differences in the acquisition of these skills. (Author/AN)

Describes the concept of education vouchers, discusses opposition to vouchers, and outlines the minimal requirements of a regulated voucher plan'' currently proposed by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Center for the Study of Public Policy. (JH)

Student pacing or control of the stimulus presentation rate is an essential skill acquisition procedure. (Author)

The author describes a simple experiment in which the students merely drop pins into a container and keep score of their predictions and results. However, there are endless possibilities for some open ended discussions about the nature of man in his world when the conditions of this experiment are altered and the results are watched carefully.…