Describes the NSF science education budget for 1980-81. These specific program amendments are discussed: Scientific Personnel Improvement; Science Education Development and Research; and Science and Society. (CS)

Presents highlights of a multidisciplinary, cross-sectional study investigating the attentiveness of students to science and three other political domains. These three components of attentiveness to science are discussed: interest, knowledge, and acquisition. Also describes how the attentives and nonattentives differed in their responses. (CS)

Discusses the relation between science education and the philosophy of science, and changes in the philosophy of science over the past 20 years. Includes notes on the nature of science, Einstein's contributions, scientific methodology, and justification for doing laboratory work. (SK)

Reviews a program designed to increase participation in scientific careers by physically handicapped individuals who have interest in and aptitude for science. This program is the first effort of its kind to direct special attention toward increasing participation of physically handicapped students in the sciences through federally funded…

Describes some results of a project funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate ways to make a college biology course accessible to visually impaired students, including use of tactile diagrams as an alternative to microscopes and a variety of measuring techniques. (Author/SK)

Summarizes problems associated with teaching physically handicapped students in Wright State University biology classes. Presents techniques to modify lectures and laboratories, without changing course content, to accommodate these students. (SK)

Briefly describes different designs for college chemistry laboratories to help mobility handicapped students working in them. (SK)

Presents considerations and teaching modifications helpful when a deaf student is enrolled in a college chemistry course. The suggestions offered are easily applied to science courses in other disciplines. (Author/SK)

Reports on a project, funded by the National Science Foundation, being conducted at Argonne National Laboratory to encourage physically handicapped students to undertake careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. (Author/SK)

Describes a variable-height wheelchair which can be raised 18 inches above normal chair height by means of an electrically operated screw jack. Photoqraphs illustrate the chair to be convenient and helpful for a handicapped chemistry student. (Author/SK)

Presents some general characteristics of "older" students and describes courses and instructional strategies in the physical sciences related to these characteristics. (SK)

Presents the testimony of Donald McCurdy, president of NSTA, to the subcommittee on science, research, and technology of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning the budget proposed by President Reagan, which if adopted, would end any involvement of NSF in the science education programs in U.S. colleges and universities. (Author/SK)

Analyzes a National Science Foundation report, "Science and Engineering Education for the 1980s and Beyond," prepared for the President and Department of Education. Provides information on the status of science and engineering education in the United States. (Author/SK)

The first/second laws of thermodynamics are usually presented as straight physics. Local problems (such as heat engines) may be assigned but seldom is any effort made to examine universal human problems. Considering moral implications of these laws makes them relevant to students, gaining their attention and easing instruction. (Author/JN)

Increased student involvement using a feedback lecture format demonstrated that lectures can be more active and assignments can be tailor-made for students. Guided learning activities (managed by a feedback lecture study guide) are used prior to, during, and after lectures. (Author/JN)