Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division for Study & Research in Education
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jerrold R. Zacharias papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0031
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Notebooks from the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1942-1947), correspondence about the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and information about his research on atomic clocks and molecular beams document Zacharias's scientific work. There is extensive correspondence with colleagues and professional organizations about scientific and educational issues. Correspondence documents his work on the Physical Science Study Committee and there are reports,...
Dates:
1912 - 1986
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division for Study and Research in Education records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0219
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains the administrative files of Benson R. Snyder, who gathered or created the records of three successive organizations: the Science Teaching Center (STC), the Education Research Center (ERC), and the Division for Study and Research in Education (DSRE). Files include correspondence and reports on the changes in the MIT curriculum; funding for research projects; development of educational uses for computer software, especially LOGO computer programming language; and the...
Dates:
1965 - 1982
Robert O. Preusser papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0219
Scope and Contents
Proposals, course descriptions, teaching notes, UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) project descriptions, information about student exhibits, and copies of Preusser's writings trace the development of the visual arts program at MIT. The collection also contains glass and 35-mm slides of Preusser's visual design projects. Preusser was co-editor of the art journal Leonardo from 1974 to 1990, and correspondence related to this and his other...
Dates:
1954 - 1990