Presented is a description of a mathematics program for kindergarten through grade six, as recommended by the State Education Department of New York. The curriculum for each grade in elementary school mathematics, in this publication, is organized into five major strands: (1) number and numeration; (2) operations with whole numbers; (3) operations…

THE MAJOR CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS ARE EXPLAINED TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR CONSTRUCTING NEW CURRICULUM APPROACHES AND MATERIALS FOR GRADES K-6. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS EIGHT FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS THAT MAY BE USED AS A BASIS FOR BUILDING AN ECONOMICS CURRICULUM AND EXPLORES WAYS OF TEACHING THESE CONCEPTS WITHIN THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN. CHILDREN MAY BE…

The publication provides guidelines for local school personnel to use in the development of programs of study. In the preparation of this resource, the objectives were: 1) to detect and correct historic distortions, fallacies, commissions and omissions in the teaching of the history of the United States and the State of Illinois; 2) to examine…

This handbook is based upon a new social studies curriculum designed to give students guided experience in the responsible use of personal freedom. The new approach seeks to provide actual experience in the making of choices and judgements in order to improve man's relationship to his social and physical environment. Thus, the new social studies…

This teacher's guide contains instructions for the use of a booklet designed to teach problem solving through guessing. For each lesson the purpose, an overview, and detailed teaching procedures are presented. The five lessons are: (1) using guesses and computation to solve problems; (2) using guesses to solve two-step problems; (3) using guesses…

Article includes suggestions for individual and group activities and a selected bibliography. (RW)

This teacher's guide contains instructional material for use in a module designed to help students learn to use a list as one way to organize information. Detailed teaching procedures are given for each of eight lessons as well as objectives, student pages and transparencies. An answer key is provided. The lessons address the following goals: (1)…

This guide is the fourth in a series of four books emphasizing student-oriented problem solving related to environmental matters. It utilizes a three-level activity approach: awareness, transitional, and operational. The intent is to provide investigations that will motivate students to pursue in-depth studies, thus encouraging them to generate…

This teaching guide presents six lessons on using tables to solve problems. For each lesson, the guide gives the purpose, the rationales, materials, and detailed teaching procedures. The six lessons involve making a table, completing a table, using tables to solve problems (lessons 3 and 4), reading tables, and solving problems. Each lesson opens…

IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE EDUCATION, CONCEPTS ARE BUILT FROM EXPERIENCE, NOT MEMORIZED FROM PRINTED MATERIAL. TEACHERS SHOULD BE ALERT AT ALL TIMES TO SET UP OR CALL ATTENTION TO SITUATIONS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE USE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES. THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROMOTE AND STIMULATE PROBLEM-SOLVING SITUATIONS AND HELP TO…

This curriculum guide was designed to improve creative problem-solving skills in children through the use of career concepts. It was the basis of the Career Awareness Program for fifth and sixth graders at a N.Y. elementary school. The concepts may be presented in sequence or integrated into existing programs and disciplines. Each worksheet…

This book is the first in a series of four books emphasizing student-oriented problem solving related to environmental matters. It is divided into three activity levels: awareness, transitional, and operational. The activity sequence is designed to motivate students toward a concern for environmental quality, take action related to particular…

This book is the second in a series of four books emphasizing student-oriented problem solving related to environmental matters. It is divided into three activity levels: awareness, transitional, and operational. The activity sequence is designed to motivate students toward a concern for environmental quality, take action related to particular…

One of the most important provisions of Act 750 of the 1979 Louisiana Legislature is the mandated development and establishment of statewide curriculum standards for required subjects for the public elementary and secondary schools. The 1986 revision of the Louisiana standards for mathematics recognizes the need to move from minimum to…

The first of three parts of a computer awareness program for grades K-9, this guide includes objectives, implementation suggestions, and varied student activity worksheets for a five-unit, primary computer literacy program. A program overview includes the program rationale, goals, description and development, time allotment, and objectives for K-3…