This study was designed to identify those specific mathematics
computational and application skills, and combinations of mathematics
skills, which have a positive relationship to success in introductory
chemistry for community college students.
Additional areas of interest investigated, but secondary to the
main study, were the relationships between mathematical growth
shown...
After nearly 20 years of commercial use in orchards without
apparent tree injury in Oregon and Washington, 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)
acetic acid] was reported in 1970 to cause injury to apple
and pear trees in Washington. In the early 1970's, there was widespread
concern among growers, researchers, and processors in the...
The purpose of the study was to analyze and compare the teaching
styles of a trial group of junior secondary science teachers
trained to use and using new materials, and a control group of teachers
using traditional materials. The new materials consisted of portable
science kits, demonstration apparatus, teacher's guides,...