Metric instructional units, including objectives, pretests, posttests, and resource materials, were developed for grades 1 through 5. Metric objectives and a metric test were developed for teachers. Books, charts, games, and kits used as resources in the units were evaluated according to SI guidelines. Five teachers, one from each grade level,…

This practicum was designed and implemented to instruct the staff of two elementary schools in the basic content of the metric system and to demonstrate some teaching strategies for instructing elementary students in metrics. A series of twenty after-school workshops was run on a weekly basis. A model was developed to aid other elementary schools…

Adult students taking a dimensional metrology course usually do so to fulfill a need for their present employment, advancement, or expected employment. In order to assure that the quality of training is maintained it has become necessary to investigate alternatives to existing instructional approaches whereby the contents of the course can be…

Although the Congress of the United States has enacted legislation calling for a conversion to the metric system by October 1992, recent government reports suggest that the country may not be prepared to meet that deadline. In an effort to develop a learning module for instructing community college students in the application of the metric system,…

The purpose of this practicum was to determine if adult students engaged in training for high technology jobs can realize a time savings if customary or metric units of measure are used for practical mathematical calculations. Two quizzes were developed, and validated, using customary and metric units for the same type of problem, and the time to…