Reports research results of formal versus informal instruction effects on retention. Subjects were 70 undergraduates in first year physics (one control, one informal class, one formal class). A test conducted seven weeks after course completion showed significantly higher retention by the informal group. (SL)

Describes an introductory college science course for science majors and nonmajors. The course, team taught and interdisciplinary, stresses broad applications and topics of current interest. Presentations and instructors are changed regularly. The laboratory experiences include computer programming, are varied regularly, and allow student selection…

Reports congressional action on the projected FY 1977 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, the background and need for a federal science education policy, and probable emphasis in future NSF projects based upon the current proposed appropriations. (SL)

Describes education related products and teaching innovations including: table top BASIC (Tektronix, $7,000) and BASIC/APL (IBM, $9,000) computers; using edited videotapes and audiotapes to illustrate specific teacher behaviors; and the use, and sequence for developing individualized presentations for commercial tape/slide viewers (Singer Caramate…

Presents a discussion of the risks, to society, from radiation-associated technologies and urges that science teachers help the public understand the decision-making process relative to nuclear power as well as the problems and alternatives. (PEB)

Describes a summer program, funded by the National Science Foundation, focusing on environmental problems. (PEB)

Reports on a nine-state questionnaire survey designed to determine the extent to which heads of departments of physics and physical science support Doctor of Arts degree programs. (PEB)

Reports an investigation designed to determine if using programmed textbook units in rather typical courses improved student test performance and enriched student interaction in class discussion. (PEB)

Describes an introductory college biology course in which the student's rate of progress, goals and instructional procedures are individualized. (PEB)

Describes three courses designed to bring science and values together in the science classroom. (PEB)

Describes a semistructured approach to the laboratory situation in organic chemistry. (Author/PEB)

Describes the use of an activity aimed at constructing a "Unit Box" in a science methods course for elementary teachers. (PEB)

Briefly describes a physics course for nonmajors which focuses on light and color. (PEB)

Discusses procedures involved in the federal review of applications for grants and contracts from the government. (PEB)

Very briefly discusses a program designed to enable students to earn the M.D. degree in seven years. (PEB)