This article discusses a learning package of active-learning exercises designed to provide a comprehensive view of the policies of some communist countries. Normative assumptions, instructional objectives and methods, and evaluation are outlined. (ND)

This book is developed to make the teaching and learning of history a powerful and enjoyable experience in the classroom through the study of historical mysteries. What better place to snoop around and dig through mysterious graves than in history class? This book takes ten mysterious events in history from ancient Egypt to the 21st century for…

The experience described in this work was conducted in a discipline at Escola Politecnica in University of Sao Paulo. This discipline has a multidisciplinary character and almost all subjects discussed during engineering course might be addressed. Also, aspects related to aptitude and attitudes can be easily trained and discussed in this…

Monopoly, the Parker Brothers Game, is put forward as a valuable teaching aid. (GB)

Generalizations about the sea as a total system are outlined. The practical educational problems of how to design appropriate learning experiences for these generalizations are discussed. (Author/KM)

Students calculate the speed of cars moving on a highway as a lab activity. Directions for teachers, objectives, goals, grade level (7-12), materials and procedures are detailed. (JP)

Describes a project designed to increase student understanding of production techniques. (SB)

Orienteering is a rapidly growing sport, developed in Sweden, which has great possibilities for education in geography. It can be conceived as an organizing device for outdoor work and as a basis for developing map skills and for map construction. (Author)

Auto ramps are the focus of this design and mass-production exercise. (Editor)

Clarifies the basic relationships between review and drill and, by analyzing a sample review lesson in world history, illustrates their effective use. (JES)

This study compares the subject matter acquisition of a lecture discussion group and a game playing group in a course in personality theory. The game playing performance was at least as good as that lecture discussion group, as well as having a consistently high motivational level. (Author/CG)

A short description is given of the experiences of a first and a third grade class exercise in the making of hand puppets and the presentation of student productions. (EJS)