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Peer reviewedJoly, Roxee W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1972
Cites the need for an examination of ways in which we can teach the theory and practice of decimal notation so that its operational facility is a genuine advantage. (Editor/GB)
Descriptors: Measurement, Measurement Instruments, Metric System, Standards
Oberlander, Oliver – School Shop, 1972
The unique position of industrial education shops provides an ideal place to launch an awareness of the metric system in secondary education. (MU)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Industrial Education, Measurement Instruments, Metric System
Sparks, Richard K. – Teacher, 1974
Article listed historical facts, ideas and activities that can be incorporated into social studies to provide general knowledge about and understanding of the metric system. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: History, Mathematical Experience, Measurement Instruments, Metric System
Paige, Alonzo D. – Today's Education, 1978
The basics of the metric system are explained, and the materials a teacher will need to instruct students in metrics are described. (JD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Manipulative Materials, Measurement Instruments, Metric System
Ralpho, Lincoln – Industrial Training International, 1971
The author describes the responsibilities of the Metrication Board in terms of the changeover to metric units. (MF)
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Measurement, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Techniques
Download full textCouncil of State Governments, Lexington, KY. – 1970
Prompted by the widespread use of the metric system by most major industrial countries of the world, the United States Congress in 1969 initiated the passage of a bill authorizing the research and investigation of metrication to determine the worldwide impact of its use on this country so as to decide which route it should take. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Investigations, Measurement, Measurement Instruments
Barbrow, Louis E. – 1972
Due to the increasing demand on the United States to convert to the metric system of measurement, this document was developed to alert owner-managers to the implications surrounding the system as well as to increase their knowledge of it. Based on the findings of a 3-year Federal study, the information presented focuses on the possibility of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Guides, Industry
Bright, George W.; Jones, Carolann – Today's Education, 1973
Describes a unit introducing fourth graders to the metric system. (SP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 4, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Parker, Frances J. – American Vocational Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Home Economics Education, Home Economics Teachers, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedSheffield, Susan G. – Science and Children, 1973
Describes activities for learning the metric system of measurement in elementary school classrooms. (PS)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Measurement
Rich, John H. – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1977
This discussion of educational changes needed for conversion to the metric system includes ways in which the local curriculum committee can efficiently facilitate the changeover in teaching and in materials. (TA)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Committees, Curriculum Development, Educational Equipment
Chalupsky, Albert B.; Crawford, Jack J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Instructional Materials, Measurement
Peer reviewedIona, Mario – Science and Children, 1975
A brief article stressing the need for care and accuracy in selecting materials to be used in teaching metrication. Caution should be taken in readability and interpretable rulings. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Measurement, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedKnapp, John, II – Science and Children, 1975
Describes construction of an inexpensive mini-balance and activities involving small weights and the metric system. (BR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Measurement
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of food services students, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Food Service, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
