The best way to teach psychology majors interviewing skills is through supervised practice. How one teacher used graduates of his interviewing techniques course as peer trainers in subsequent courses is described. (RM)

Provides a course survey of the structure, conditions, functions, and operations of the American film industry. (PD)

The introductory social psychology course, as taught by sociologists, varies widely in content and in its pedagogical concepts. This variation is due to the institutional setting and to the instructor's notion of the academic status of social psychology. Typical course contents answering to various course concepts are described. (Author/RM)

The objectives for a general one-semester college course in mathematics are discussed. The content covered in looking at "traditional" mathematical systems, computers in society, and statistics from a consumer's viewpoint are briefly described. (DT)

The concept of innovation and the use of new materials were effectively presented to students through the use of a synthetic foam for sculpture. (Author/RK)

Examines the psycholinguistic perspective of the reading process and describes the development of a secondary-level course in reading that uses a psycholinguistic model. (Author/KS)

Discusses a chemical engineering course that emphasizes the methods and applications of adsorptive bubble separations. (MLH)

Describes a course in economics for journalists offered at the University of Oregon and discusses some of the limitations of such a course. (RB)

Describes a prototypical course in concrete poetry offered at Princeton University. (RB)

This is the course outline for apprenticeship requirements for a water well driller in Alberta. A graduate of Water Well Driller apprenticeship training is a journeyman who, through skill and knowledge, is capable of operating the machines used to produce bore holes. They will be able to complete a bore hole into a finished productive well,…

A professor who teaches an American Studies course at the University of Idaho contends that she has her work cut out for her. According to the professor, Idaho's conservative political climate has led to her learning to negotiate. This paper first describes the development of an American Studies core course that began in the 1980s and continues…

The expansion in the fields of optical engineering and optoelectronics has made it essential to introduce optical engineering concepts into undergraduate courses and curricula. Because of limits on the number of course requirements for the BS degree, it is not clear how these topics should be introduced without replacing some of the traditional…

A course of study for teaching duplicating machines in a typewriting class is described. (SC)