Describes the multimedia student response system which has been used at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, in teaching biology. Specific guidelines followed in developing the multimedia student response software are also presented. (HM)

Presents several new products and equipment for teaching college science courses such as the electronic toploading balances and the hologramaker. A description of each product, cost, and addresses of manufacturers are also included. (HM)

Discusses how to set the ambient standards for water and air based on cost-benefit analysis. Describes marginal analysis, the basis of cost-benefit analysis and how dynamic cost-benefit analysis is carried out with application to the automobile pollution problem. (HM)

Describes the Learning Systems Approach used in a large multisection general chemistry program at Texas A&M University. The use of learning objectives, alternative learning resources, positive-attitude factors, future-oriented course content and student evaluation and performance are also included. (HM)

Indicates that the computer will become, over the next fifteen years, a revolutionary force in learning, completely transforming current processes and ways of operating. Discusses the current situation, the possibilities of developing technology, and several models of the future of education involving computers. (HM)

Describes the American contributions to scientific discovery in the first half of the nineteenth century. The article also discusses the accomplishments of three American scientists of that time: Nathaniel Bowditch, Josef Henry, and Benjamin Silliman. (HM)

Discusses the energy/environmental/economics issues that are considered urgent and long-lived. Also describes the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) energy-educational projects and materials such as the NSTA-Energy-Environmental Materials, Energy and Education Newsletter, and the Summer 1976 and Summer 1977 instructional products. (HM)

Describes how the study of established association patterns in the form of postulational-deductive systems can engender both learning and thinking. The authors used Darwin's theory of descent with modification to illustrate some parts of the above thesis. (HM)

Investigates whether chemistry laboratory skills are commonly developed in secondary schools and whether college professors and high school teachers agree that students still demonstrate these skills in first-term college chemistry labs. One hundred and four chemistry teachers and 298 college professors participated in this study. (HM)

Presents a simulation model approach to the study of evolution. This model combines both practical and theoretical aspects of evolutionary biology course work. The author has used laboratory hardware for this simulation with 20 working groups of students. (HM)

Discusses the potential use, by students in cell biology and plant physiology, of isolated chloroplasts for determining the Emerson enhancement effect. The experiment designed to measure spectrophotometrically the photoreduction of a dye by illuminating chloroplasts with short- and long-wavelength light is presented. (HM)

Discusses the use of science fiction as a part of a general astronomy course. The author describes how science fiction is used in conjunction with the study of the solar system. Suggested references and a science fiction reading list are also included. (HM)

Discusses the processes by which science education policy is determined at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Included are the degree of the involvement of different groups in policy-making, major issues related to the role of the NSF, and policies currently in effect. (HM)

Describes 16 psychological types that result from the interaction of four mental powers described by G. G. Jung and the attitudes in which they are expressed. The relevance of psychological type to choice of careers in science and disposition to prefer theoretical or applied emphases are also discussed. (HM)

Presents a list of 16 mm science films accumulated over 1976 from distributor's brochures. All titles, length of each film, cost, distributor's source code, a brief description of the film's content and current address of distributors are also included. (HM)