The author discusses some of the human, psychological, and educational problems that he has encountered in introducing humanistic teaching to his college classes as an alternative to conventional education. (JR)

Presents reasons for accepting alternative modes of education that might help students to escape perceptual traps and limitations to human potential and growth. (JR)

Discusses some of the alternative approaches adopted by the Experimental College-Earth Science Teacher Project at Minot State College in an attempt to attract general education students and transmit the excitement and challenge of science to non-majors. (JR)

Describes an experiment designed to provide the opportunity for studying some of the parameters affecting the stability of Vitamin C in various environments, and to acquaint the student with an experimental procedure for studying simple reaction kinetics and the calculations of specific rate constants. (Author/JR)

Deals with some of the findings regarding "understanding of science" obtained within the framework of the Israeli Biological Sciences Curriculum Study-adaptation project. Identifies some of the difficulties associated with assessing student achievement in understanding the nature of science. (JR)

Describes the structure and content of a multidisciplinary environmental science course for non-science majors offered at Southern Illinois University. (JR)

Provides a listing of the Reports of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and reviews a number of these reports that should be of interest to college teachers. (JR)

Several techniques to use in evaluation and grading are presented. Some grading problems are discussed briefly. (PEB)

Reports on a study conducted to obtain indications of changes in mental level from high school through college and to investigate the relationship of cognitive level to SAT scores, college grades, and attrition. (PEB)

Briefly reports on a study involving 419 randomly selected secondary school students who were given five Piagetian tasks to identify their level of cognitive development. (PEB)

Presents definitions of terms used in communicating about Transactional Analysis (TA) and explains how TA may be used in science classes to make students feel more able and less captive. (PEB)