This study was designed to determine whether a difference in the way teachers have organized as a professional group in relation to the school administration and the local board of education influences teacher role perception and preference for leadership styles. Variables of age, sex, teaching experience, and teaching level were examined. The…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the different noise levels found in four agricultural mechanics facilities selected as being representative of the concrete and brick veneer type and the predominately steel type. The type of instructional programs considered were the laboratory skill oriented and the project construction oriented. A…

This report emphasizes man's need to understand the balance of nature in order to cease violation of this balance and, in fact, to improve the quality of life and man's place in the universe. Ecologically minded citizens in the United States will find the author's suggestions useful for solving environmental problems: 1) conceive of voluntary…

This article is the 7th in a series of AAHE research reports. It summarizes research that has been done on academic reform and the resistance to it and speculates what this research implies for future practice. Academic or curricular change is first of all organizational change and colleges and universities are organized and run in such a way as…

Guidelines for teaching students to write a job application letter and to prepare a resume are presented. (MF)

Reviews traditional lecture courses in biology and chemistry which included daily quizzes which were repeatable. (SL)

This experiment/demonstration provides elementary through high school science students with hands-on experience with polymer entropy. Construction of a simple machine for converting light into mechanical energy is described. (RH)

The author describes why many of the present or older approaches to teaching nutrition in the veterinary medical curriculum are unsatisfactory, and presents a new approach that is integrated into the general curriculum. Such a program at Colorado State University is detailed. (LBH)

Intensive courses may have the effect, for better or worse, of inculcating a non-bureaucratic or even anti-bureaucratic approach to education and life, while concurrent courses most likely reinforce bureaucratic behavior patterns. (Author)

Presents the results of a study designed to determine what high school students thought of an eight week summer science research program held during the summer of 1968 at the University of Iowa. Includes a list of program objectives and the two questionnaires used for this study. (PR)

Revised version of paper given at National Conference on Higher Education in March 1970, on the need to break away from routine and ritual in higher education insitutions and establish educational and institutional reforms. (IR)

Suggested guidelines and representative experiments for a one-semester introductory polymer chemistry laboratory course are provided. Experiments, which provide students with both synthetic and characterization experiences, require a minimum of special equipment and student skills. Includes list of 83 experiments, demonstrations, and reference…

Background information, procedures, and results are provided for a series of graduate/undergraduate polymer experiments. These include synthesis of poly(methylmethacrylate), viscosity experiment (indicating large effect even small amounts of a polymer may have on solution properties), and measurement of weight-average molecular weight by light…

Discusses a study to determine the writing skills and projects which are most important to an accountant's success. Determined that students should be taught to prepare narratives, letters, and analytical reports. The student should learn to (1) write concisely, (2) construct smooth sentences, and (3) make conclusions. (JOW)

Offers a model which relates student learning by gifted students to the use of technology. Four learning modes are identified: acquirer of information, retriever of information, constructor of information, and presenter of information. Provides examples of appropriate technology for each mode, as well as integration of learning modes and…