The evaluation by Abt Associates, Inc., of the Follow Through program, an extension of Head Start designed to improve primary education for disadvantaged children, created a controversy about the program and its assessment, which is discussed in this article. The authors see serious flaws in the evaluation design and interpretation. (MF)

Presents a history of Dartington, a small arts college in England, from 1934 to the present. Topics include schools of music and art which influenced Dartington, college founders, educational objectives, staff, new academic structures, career awareness, degree requirements, success factors, and student attitudes. (Author/DB)

Results of this experiment indicate that negative first impressions of a teacher have a significant effect upon the classroom climate. (RW)

Describes a magic show designed to encourage young children in physics and chemistry. Discusses how a little "razzle-dazzle" can effect children positively. Tells how to organize and perform a magic show. Details six tricks that focus on principles of chemistry or physics. (CW)

Provides a listing of 35 demonstrations designed to generate interest in organic chemistry and help put points across. Topics include opening lecture; molecular structure and properties; halogenation; nucleophilic substitution, alkenes and dienes, stereochemistry, spectroscopy, alcohols and phenols, aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids, amines,…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Utah State University Protocol Modules that are designed to improve the classroom management skills of elementary teachers brought about significant changes in the teacher use of these skills and also changed the amount of on-task and disruptive behavior of pupils in their classes. (Author)

Described is an inexpensive wave tank used to study the amplitude of tsunamis travelling down a channel of decreasing depth. A detailed discussion to theory and computations is included. (SL)

Described is a search for optimum child rearing practices in a seven-child Russian family over a period of 16 years. Intellectual development, creative ability, and physical development are discussed. Results indicate positive effects of early physical and mental stimulation. (Author/DB)

Author comments on the new wave of radical critics of the educational establishment and offers some areas where reform may be realizable. (Author/RK)

Two field-tests were carried out for the purpose of assembling data from which the teaching effectiveness of a programmed text could be determined. (Author)

Describes a self-demonstration experiment designed to teach the principles of the spark-ignition system. (SB)

Describes an integrated guiding program in book form, Mathematics for the Teacher of Physics''. (DD)

A chronicle of author's two days a week at a school in a large northern city-- the story of what happened to him and what he saw happening to the children and their teachers in the open classroom. (Author/CB)