Discusses how the International System (SI) abbreviations for numerical factors designated as prefixes may be treated in quantity calculus as free-standing algebraic symbols. Illustrative examples are also presented. (HM)

Summarizes some features of the Science Education Development and Research programs (SEDR) of the National Science Foundation, designed for both the precollege and college levels in an attempt to discover policy trends and current events of interest to college teachers. (HM)

The author discusses Professor Henry A. Bent's presentation regarding the nature of the difficulty that many college and university students have with arithmetic reasoning involving division. (HM)

Describes management procedures which have been developed to facilitate and coordinate staff efforts in a biology learning center at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. (HM)

Identifies several pieces of equipment and new products for use in college science teaching such as: (1)rotary retracting microtome; (2)airflow bench; and (3)digital stop clock. A description of each one, the price, and the address of the seller are also presented. (HM)

Describes the phased development of a program in Blood Transfusion Technology at Staten Island Community College of the City University of New York. Presents a detailed outline of the instructional content of the course. (SL)

Presents a detailed outline/guide for preparing well-organized grant requests and proposals. (SL)

Discusses the desirability of offering introductory college chemistry courses in lecture-laboratory sections and in audio-tutorial sections. (SL)

Presents preliminary findings of results of tests of Piagetian cognitive development to predict success in introductory undergraduate physics courses. Grades were predicted with good success. (SL)

Discussed is copyright legislation, its history, the Fair Use Doctrine, ambiguities, and the major educational aspects of new copyright legislation pending in congress. (SL)

Reports on many news items of importance to the scientist and educator. These include a new Engineering degree, building a biological culture analyser, remote satellite sensing in geologic exploration, and others. (GS)

Reports on an investigation of self-pacing in an undergraduate personality course taught by the Keller method. Results indicate that grade point average is related to rate of progress, but that even the weaker students can achieve mastery. (GS)

Describes an approach to evaluation in which students were given a second chance to demonstrate knowledge of the subject. Areas investigated include student willingness to retake the examination, the effect of the retake on student scores and class distribution, and the relationship between initial performance and retake score. (GS)

Describes a series of demonstrations and/or group activities used in a science methods course for prospective elementary school teachers. The topics include center of gravity, behavior of fluids; electricity and magnetism, the motion of objects, chemical reactions, and sound. (GS)