Describes experiments for the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory which demonstrate reactions and syntheses that involve free - radical intermediates. (MLH)

Describes an undergraduate biochemistry experiment that utilizes gel electrophoresis of a crude extract and the partially purified gel filtrate. (MLH)

Describes a set of biochemistry laboratory experiments in which tetrameric hemoglobin is separated into its subunits then formed again by recombination of the subunits. (MLH)

Discusses the offering of a course in chemical and industrial hazards for junior and senior chemistry majors at City College of New York in 1972. Suggests inclusion of laboratory and industrial safety education as a formal part of chemistry or science curricula. (CC)

Presents three reasons that graduate education in chemistry must change, such as social irrelevancy, propensity for specialization and isolation, and neglect of product quality. Suggests reestablishment of a better university-industry relationship and encouragement of greater student participation, more individual expression, and wide talent…

Reviews literature concerning student evaluation of instruction and professors, including two articles published in the "Journal of Chemical Education" and one written by a respected chemistry teacher in the "Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors". (CC)

Discusses a questionnaire survey designed to obtain the opinions of chemical educators on the validity of various methods of evaluating teaching effectiveness, including student evaluation of instruction. Presented are the results obtained from 76 department chairmen and 53 professors. (CC)

Summarizes results of two questionnaire studies on student evaluation of courses and instruction, respectively, conducted in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and by the Committee on Undergraduate Teaching of the Division of Chemical Education, The American Chemical Society. Included are two samples of the…

Discusses some problems encountered in using questionnaires to evaluate teaching performance of both instructors and programs, involving ethical policy, identified and anonymous responses, study-teacher interactions, explanation of questionnaire results, test formats, and the state of the art used. (CC)

Summarizes a survey of students' criteria for favorable and unfavorable responses to teaching evaluation questionnaires, involving results from 40 undergraduate and 15 graduate students. Indicates the dependence between the student's expectations upon entering a course and his acquired experience upon its completion. (CC)

Summarizes characteristics of underprepared students and remedial programs undertaken at various institutions. Indicates that most of the programs are unsatisfactory, and the students' weaknesses primarily result from poor mathematics preparation and reading ability, lack of inductive and deductive reasoning, and communications deficiencies. (CC)

Reviews some efforts in elementary school science made since the early 1960's, including the Elementary Science Study, Science-A Process Approach, and Science Curriculum Improvement Study projects. Suggests scientists from all levels of the educational and scientific community assist the implementation of these programs. (CC)

Presents some instances of the implications of chemistry which illustrate both its scientific and humanistic nature. Indicates that chemistry can be used as a bridge to span the artificially created chasm between Snow's two cultures and thus to demonstrate the fundamental unity of all knowledge. (CC)