The new common core standards for mathematics demand that students (and teachers!) exhibit deeper conceptual understanding. That's music to the ears of education professor John Tapper, who says teachers have overemphasized teaching procedures--and getting right answers. In his new book, "Solving for Why," he makes a powerful case for moving beyond…

Author attempted to clarify the concept of "creativity" so that students might become more creative and teachers might realize more effective methods for stimulating student development. (RK)

Offers an awareness strategies checklist that can be used to help free children from previous preconceptions and guide them to notice new elements in the environment. (RB)

Author sheds some light on the teaching of ratio in elementary schools. (Author/RK)

The Exemplary Program in Career Development, now in its second year in the elementary schools of Bismarck, builds a sequence of significant tasks that are incorporated into the regular curriculum at each grade level. (RB)

An elementary school pilot career program that includes evaluation of self-characteristics, exploration of broad occupational areas, introduction to the economic and social values of work, and introduction to sociological and psychological meanings of work. (RB)

A World of Work pilot program for sixth graders, that enables children to see and talk with persons in various fields of work so that they can see that choosing a career means choosing a life-style. (RB)

Discusses the attempt to provide youngsters in inner-city schools with the kinds of experiences which permit the exploration of future roles without premature commitments, and to help them make decisions with optimism and self-knowledge. (RB)

Describes a program that gives the child a chance to assess himself and his future potential by recognizing and developing his own special abilities, needs, and interests through manipulative experiences. (Author)

Describes an economic unit for first graders prepared by students in a social studies methods course at Ohio University in Athens. States seven economic concepts which were identified as being within the understanding of first graders. (Author/DR)

Author describes her experience with first graders who had already been labeled as failures in kindergarten, and her employment of the experience approach to learning, which is a good way to build from where each child is and to provide success-oriented activities for everyone. (Author/DR)