Describes briefly the auto-tutorial instructional program for beginning chemistry students who do not have sufficient backgrounds in the subject. The program has become a part of the laboratory course and supplements lecture materials. (PS)

The National Science Foundation is shifting financial support from the traditional inservice programs to a cooperative arrangement between the school or school system and the college or university. (DF)

The author provides dialogue: to define science; to show scientific combinations; to distinguish between projects that are science and those that are not; and to consider the justification for continuing scientific research. (DF)

The following items are discussed: Digital Counters and Readout Devices, Automatic Burette Outfits, Noise Exposure System, Helium-Cadmium Laser, New pH Buffers and Flip-Top Dispenser, Voltage Calibrator Transfer Standard, Photomicrographic Stereo Zoom Microscope, Portable pH Meter, Micromanipulators, The Snuffer, Electronic Top-Loading Balances,…

Articles are presented on technology assessment and activities as proposed by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Enginering. (DF)

The potential of the computer usage in instruction is discussed. A project was initiated to identify areas where the computer might yield significant advances in teaching. (DF)

A description is given of an investigative chemistry laboratory course suitable for elementary education, business administration, and other nonscience majors. Emphasis is on analyzing various commercial products for effectiveness. (DF)

A method of utilizing a basic audio-tape format within a supervised self-instructional learning center was developed to provide students with the individualized approach to learning in courses with large student enrollments. (DF)

This research confirms the hypothesis that test achievement in general college chemistry is directly related to student participation in the learning process. (Author/DF)

An introductory course is designed with relevance for directly instilling into the students a sense of the unity and coherence of chemical ideas. The sequence also has the flavor'' of a research project. (DF)

A partial solution to the problem of choosing what to teach from the vast amount of subject matter was achieved by combining the philosophies of the audio-tutorial approach and the concept-pak approach. (DF)