Explores the use of extra credit in an introductory geology course. Covers the organization and rational behind the program. (PR)

Describes successes achieved in the use of active video techniques and discusses their potential contributions to science education on a national scale. (PR)

Describes a method to prevent and uncover cheating during testing in large university classes. (PR)

Describes an activity appropriate for college or high school students where they make hypotheses about prearranged patterns in a deck of playing cards. (PR)

Describes a writing-across-the-curriculum course and its application to science courses. Shows how different kinds of writing instruction affect students' learning as well as students' attitudes, understandings, and approach to "writing to learn." (PR)

Describes the importance of the psychological factors of motivation, learned helplessness, and self-esteem in learning at the community college level. (PR)

Describes two curriculum approaches used at a college as an alternative to traditional introductory science-survey courses. The first course is entitled "Nature of Science" and the second is "Current Research." (PR)

Presents advice that professors can give to their students on how to obtain quality, positive job or school references. (PR)

Presents an informal evaluation of the Science as a Way of Knowing Project started in 1983. (PR)

Describes the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, that is designed to increase the number of African Americans, especially males, who enter and succeed in undergraduate, doctoral and professional programs. (PR)

A professor explains how he uses cartoons in teaching science. (PR)

Describes the "Physics by Inquiry" course that is designed to address student misconceptions. Explains how the course was taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for teachers and how it was taught at Ohio State University for elementary-education majors. Concludes the course is exportable to many different environments and for…

Describes the SOS (Support Our Students) program at Fairleigh Dickinson University that sought to help students in introductory science courses. The program uses a multidimensional approach addressing the instructional needs and also the structure and supports required of first-year college students. (PR)

Describes the interactions and applications of three models of learning: Bloom's taxonomy, the Jungian or Myers-Brigg's Typology, and William Perry's model of attitude toward learning. (PR)

Discusses the current and future roles of two-year colleges in science, mathematics, and engineering education. (PR)