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Gilmore, Hal M.; And Others – 1977
Addressed to the agricultural education teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric" approach made up…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Metric System
Banks, Wilson P.; And Others – 1977
Addressed to the health occupations education teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric" approach…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Metric System
Retzer, Kenneth A.; And Others – 1977
Addressed to the business education teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric" approach made up of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Distributive Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMathematics Teacher, 1980
Presented are suggestions for teaching metric conversion and the properties of quadrilaterals. (MK)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement
Download full textJohnson, Willis N.; And Others – 1978
This module was prepared to "metricate" approximately 3800 teachers in Western Kentucky. A brief history of measurement systems is followed by sections concerning length, mass (weight), temperature, and area and volume measurement. Each section contains a list of the common metric units used and their relationship as well as activities…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Bibliographies, Guidelines, History
Retzer, Kenneth A. – 1977
Addressed to the industrial education teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric" approach made up of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Metric System, Teaching Guides
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1977
Three bulletins are contained in this packet designed to help teachers introduce the metric system. Bulletin one contains objectives and related teaching suggestions for the following topics: length, area, volume, mass, and temperature. Bulletin two contains a fact sheet and rules for symbols and notation. Bulletin three contains classroom…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
PDF pending restorationCameron, H.J.; And Others – 1976
Designed for business educators desiring to understand their role and responsibility in training students on the subject of metrics, this guide is a compilation of information supplemented by resource lists and discussion of the implications for specific business education courses. An introduction discusses the U.S. government and the metric…
Descriptors: Business Education, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Instruction
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of food services students, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Food Service, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of cosmetology students, this instructional package on cosmetology is part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology, measurement terms, and tools currently in use. Each of the…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Banks, Wilson P.; And Others – 1977
Addressed to the personal and public service occupations teacher, this guide is intended to provide appropriate information, viewpoints, and attitudes regarding the metric system and to make suggestions regarding presentation of the material in the classroom. An introductory section on teaching suggestions emphasizes the need for a "think metric"…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Metric System, Occupational Home Economics
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of recreation and tourism students, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Measurement Instruments
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1974
This handbook has been compiled to provide a reference for teachers at all levels who are implementing the metric system in their classroom. It includes practical suggestions and recommendations for teaching the metric system, as well as papers identifying and discussing the fundamental mathematical and psychological issues underlying the teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Instruction
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of plumbing and pipefitting students, this instructional package is one of three for the construction occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of students interested in hotel and lodging, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Housing, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
