Provides historical examples of intuitive discovery applicable to the teaching of physics for majors. Cites details for the discovery of Coulomb's law, emphasizing the roles of Joseph Priestley and Henry Cavendish. Also discusses the career of Ivar Giaever, a Nobel Prize winner of 1973 in solid state physics. (CS)

Lists and discusses television cassette tapes used at Western Kentucky University as instructional aids to poorly prepared students in introductory college chemistry courses. (CS)

Describes the continuing education program for clinical chemistry instrumentation training established at The College of Staten Island, New York. A course consisting of 14 sessions is outlined and discussed. (CS)

Results are presented and discussed of a study that interviewed 30 older students in introductory chemistry regarding their reasons for taking the course, years since high school, amount of prior training, attitudes towards chemistry, problems encountered in learning chemistry, and educational value of specific course mechanics. (CS)

Describes two formal programs in the area of energy management education: a Residential Energy Management Summer Institute (part of a faculty development program funded by the Department of Energy), and a Residential Energy Management curriculum for Energy Auditors. (CS)

Describes the NSF science education budget for 1980-81. These specific program amendments are discussed: Scientific Personnel Improvement; Science Education Development and Research; and Science and Society. (CS)

Presents highlights of a multidisciplinary, cross-sectional study investigating the attentiveness of students to science and three other political domains. These three components of attentiveness to science are discussed: interest, knowledge, and acquisition. Also describes how the attentives and nonattentives differed in their responses. (CS)

Discusses the relation between science education and the philosophy of science, and changes in the philosophy of science over the past 20 years. Includes notes on the nature of science, Einstein's contributions, scientific methodology, and justification for doing laboratory work. (SK)

Reviews a program designed to increase participation in scientific careers by physically handicapped individuals who have interest in and aptitude for science. This program is the first effort of its kind to direct special attention toward increasing participation of physically handicapped students in the sciences through federally funded…

Describes some results of a project funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate ways to make a college biology course accessible to visually impaired students, including use of tactile diagrams as an alternative to microscopes and a variety of measuring techniques. (Author/SK)

Summarizes problems associated with teaching physically handicapped students in Wright State University biology classes. Presents techniques to modify lectures and laboratories, without changing course content, to accommodate these students. (SK)

Briefly describes different designs for college chemistry laboratories to help mobility handicapped students working in them. (SK)

Presents considerations and teaching modifications helpful when a deaf student is enrolled in a college chemistry course. The suggestions offered are easily applied to science courses in other disciplines. (Author/SK)

Reports on a project, funded by the National Science Foundation, being conducted at Argonne National Laboratory to encourage physically handicapped students to undertake careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. (Author/SK)

Describes a variable-height wheelchair which can be raised 18 inches above normal chair height by means of an electrically operated screw jack. Photoqraphs illustrate the chair to be convenient and helpful for a handicapped chemistry student. (Author/SK)