Jan. 30 “guidelines”. When he emphasized that the new curricula in the U.S. were using simple materials and described a scale made into needle and straw and calibrated by the student, Dr Ramhaeng remarked that Bangkok children would readily be able to do this kind of thing. The people use a home made scale in the market places. See drawing. When asked how he hoped to get new curriculum materials adopted in Bangkok schools, which would be dependent on the support of the Ministry of Education, he said they are trying to set up a controlled experiment to see if the new course in BSCS will give better results on the Univ. Entrance Exam. than the old approach. Dr Ramhaeng acknowledged that there would not only need to be questions of a factual nature but also questions to test understanding and ability to use the scientific method to fairly test the new materials. He said exam questions were going to be written accordingly. He said the Ministry is willing to try the new materials as long as they cover topics designated on the test. Ramhaeng reiterated the point that summer courses in science had been set up in chemistry, physics, and biology.