Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education describing new media and gadgets, particularly models, computers, and other media. A bibliography of 15 presented papers on these topics is attached. (CS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the areas of faculty development, teaching assistants, and teaching strategies. A bibliography of 16 presented papers related to these topics is attached. (CS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that report new offerings in chemistry. A bibliography of 13 presented papers in this area is attached. (CS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that include presentations of a general nature and not otherwise classified. A bibliography of 14 presentations in this category is attached. (CS)

Describes how Gibbs valley graphs can clarify the relation between the Gibbs function and chemical equilibrium. Gives examples from gas phase equilibria. (CS)

Presents a figure that aids in unifying stereochemical concepts in organic chemistry instruction. (CS)

Presents information concerning a fundamental concept for understanding reaction rate, the idea of a rate-limiting step for a chemical reaction. Discusses problems in using flow analogies and introduces an alternative approach to finding the rate-limiting step based on locating the transition state of highest energy. (CS)

Presents a procedure for evaluating the required integrals for undergraduate students attempting to understand the consequences of perturbation theory. (CS)

Presents a curriculum that attempts to foster responsible, decision-making capacities in senior high school or undergraduate freshman students with respect to the use of hashish and marijuana. (CS)

Describes various uses for balloons in chemistry instruction, such as their use as stirring devices, gas reservoirs, sources of carbon dioxide, and as atomic models. (CS)

Describes recent issues of the "International Newsletter of Chemical Education." Announces the date and other details of the Sixth International Conference on Chemical Education at the University of Maryland. Also announces an international project in publishing an anthology on innovations in chemical education. (CS)

Provides short descriptions of chemists' applications of computers in instruction: an interactive instructional program for Instrumental-Qualitative Organic Analysis; question-and-answer exercises in organic chemistry; computerized organic nomenclature drills; integration of theoretical and descriptive materials; acid-base titration simulation;…

Describes the specifics of instruction in thermodynamics using a problem-solving technique introduced in a previous issue of this journal. (CS)

Discusses the concept of equilibrium in chemical systems, particularly in relation to predicting the position of equilibrium, predicting spontaneity of a reaction, quantitative applications of the equilibrium constant, heterogeneous equilibrium, determination of the solubility product constant, common-ion effect, and dissolution of precipitates.…

Presents one high school teacher's recollections and views of changing emphasis in high school chemistry classrooms from the late 1940s to the late 1970s. (CS)