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Canadian Council of Ministers of Education, Toronto (Ontario). – 1975
This guide was designed to provide a measure of uniformity across Canada with respect to metric terminology and symbolism, and is designed to enable users to understand and apply Systeme International d'Unites (SI) to everyday life with ease and confidence. This document was written with the intent of being helpful to the greatest number of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education
National Collegiate Athletic Association, Shawnee Mission, KS. – 1978
Designed as a guide to aid the National Collegiate Athletic Association membership and others who must relate measurement of distances, weights, and volumes to athletic activity, this document presents diagrams of performance areas with measurements delineated in both imperial and metric terms. Illustrations are given for baseball, basketball,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1975
The primary purpose of these guidelines is to provide teachers and other decision-makers with a suggested framework within which sound planning for metric education can be done. Student behavioral objectives are listed by topic. Each objective is coded to indicate grade level, topic, and objective number. A chart is provided to show a kindergarten…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Chambers, Donald L.; Dowling, Kenneth W. – 1978
This report examines educational aspects of the conversion to the metric system of measurement in the United States. Statements of positions on metrication and basic mathematical skills are given from various groups. Base units, symbols, prefixes, and style of the metric system are outlined. Guidelines for teaching metric concepts are given,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKansky, Bob; And Others – 1981
This document was developed out of a need for a complete, carefully designed set of evaluation instruments and procedures that might be applied in metric inservice programs across the nation. Components of this package were prepared in such a way as to permit local adaptation to the evaluation of a broad spectrum of metric education activities.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Butzow, John W.; Yvon, Bernard R. – 1978
Outlines of five sessions of the Metric Leader Training Project for Maine are included in this publication. Topics are: (1) Introduction - Length - Temperature; (2) Volume/Capacity - Mass/Weight; (3) Metric Advocacy - Length - Area - Temperature; (4) Metric Education Resources; and (5) Metric Education Planning - Metric Olympics - Final…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Guides, Higher Education
Alexander, Wilma Jean; And Others – 1979
This publication is a comprehensive curriculum guide designed to assist local educators in planning for comprehensive business programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Information is of value for use by teacher educators when preparing students for teaching careers. The curriculum guide is divided into 18 sections. The first five…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Communication
