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In order to adapt to the rapid development of environmental subjeets, resolve the ubiquitous problems in universities sueh as the exeessive teaehing task, the shortage of teaehing time, and the laek of laboratory spaee, we eonstrueted a four-level network information platform for environmental experimental teaehing. The platform eovers four publie support platforms of university, teaehing eenter, eolleges and teaehing elasses. It ean implement seientifie management with many aspeets sueh as the experimental eourses, professional laboratory, reagents and instruments medieine, and teaehing equipment as well. This paper foeused on the teaehing eenter's network platform ineluding planning, designing and its funetions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a research that compared inductive and illustrative laboratories in College Biology that is being applied in the U.S. schools. No evidence in the study proved that the experimental method was superior to the control method in terms of achievement being measured by certain criterion instruments. Furthermore, no evidence showed that the inductive laboratory method is interior to the traditional method used. Results of the study, rather, showed that the effects of teacher difference may be of much significance than the effects of method difference. The study indicates a necessity for more focused on a research about teachers' effects on achievement and attitudes.