Immigrant children can find it especially difficult to establish their place in the classroom community. As children of immigrants, the authors have experienced, first hand, the difficulties that one faces when placed in a new culture and have seen how this aspect of their backgrounds affects them and their families. Consequently, they created…

This booklet is intended to instruct local high school educators on how to write a career education support unit curriculum which provides students with activities that will enable them to acquire the basic understanding and skills essential to function effectively within their economic system. Written in a question/answer format, this guide…

Describes the construction of a unit in Canadian Literature for students at the high school level. (RB)

A seven-day unit on probability used an experimental game-oriented approach, which allowed students the opportunity to draw conclusions from experiments in which interest was high. (MP)

This article shows how an inexpensive calculator can be used advantageously to determine repeating decimals. Even the decimal representations of numbers, such as one-seventeenth and one-nineteenth, can be easily computed. Many examples are given, and some theoretical discussion is included. (Author/MP)

One lesson from a group of six computer-assisted lessons is described. The BASIC program is given along with a sample run. (MP)

One method is described for supplementing the assignment of theorems to be proved, involving student grading of purported theorems with alleged proofs for correctness and clarity. (MN)

Some misconceptions about "squares" encountered among college students as they attempt to master appropriate subject matter in preparation for teaching elementary grades are presented. (MN)

A course in reading, evaluating, and using educational research taught to inservice mathematics teachers in the Emory University Master of Arts in Teaching program is described. (MN)

Worksheets utilize a paper geoboard to provide a variety of experiences with basic geometric concepts. (JP)

Discusses teaching styles and the essential ingredients of a good project or unit.'' (Author/SP)

NASPE STARS is a national recognition program featuring five levels of excellence to recognize outstanding physical education programs in K-J 2 schools across America. The criteria for this award are based on the essential elements that are necessary for a quality physical education program, as defined by the published national standards and…