SOME FINDINGS FROM STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF COLLEGE BIOLOGY.

The article reports developments in the studies for improving instruction systems in elementary courses conducted by the Departments of Botany and Zoology of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The first step in the task of improving examinations in botany and zoology was to define the objective which students were expected to attain as a result of instruction in these subjects. Since the instructors in the biology department are studying a variety of problems involved in improving their teaching effectiveness it is difficult to select for report the studies which may be of greatest significance. The improvement of examinations makes it possible to determine the effect of changes in instructional methods more accurately.