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Peer reviewedHallerberg, Arthur E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: History, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Measurement
Peer reviewedHelgren, Fred J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
General suggestions are given for teaching the metric system; a description of materials available from the Metric Association and information on ordering them are included. (DT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedVervoort, Gerardus – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Different units of measure are discussed, and an explanation of vocabulary and of units used in the metric system is given. (DT)
Descriptors: History, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Measurement
Peer reviewedClason, Robert G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Arithmetic texts of the 1866 era (when a law was passed authorizing the use of the metric system in the United States) are examined to gain insight into the classroom effect of the law. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History, Mathematics Education, Measurement
Peer reviewedLindquist, Mary Montgomery; Dana, Marcia E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Five categories of activities for teaching the decimeter are discussed. Many of the activities can be modified in order to teach other metric units of length. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedCathcart, W. George – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Integrating the metric system within the topics of numeration, common fractions, and decimals is advocated. (DT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Peer reviewedImmerzeel, George; Wiederanders, Don – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Worksheets for the lower grades use the number line to relate basic units of measure within the metric system. Upper level activities use the number line to relate English units and metric units. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedImmerzeel, George; Wiederanders, Don – Arithmetic Teacher, 1972
A series of classroom activities involving the metric system. (MM)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Class Activities, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedWhitman, Nancy C. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
The organization of an inservice education program for teaching the metric system and how it might be taught in the classroom is described. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedRees, Jocelyn Marie – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
A story is told of a town that loses all of its linear measuring devices, only to devise a new method of measuring, the metric system! (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedEpstein, Susan L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Activities suitable for children of ages six through nine years were designed to introduce metric weights. The activity sequence and its administration are described in detail. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMcGinty, Robert – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
The continuing need to go metric is discussed. Impetus, however, comes from the state and local level, rather than nationally. (MNS)
Descriptors: Editorials, Educational Philosophy, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedWilliams, Elizabeth – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction
Peer reviewedBruni, James V.; Silverman, Helene – Arithmetic Teacher, 1974
Directions are given for activities designed to help children realize that linear measurement is continuous, that it involves the repeated use of a unit in the same way each time, and that measurement is approximate. Non-standard units as well as standard units are included. (DT)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Instruction, Laboratory Procedures
Peer reviewedTrueblood, Cecil; Szabo, Michael – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Recommendations and assessment procedures are provided to help decision-makers choose the best metric materials available. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
