Education leaders across the country confront a growing challenge: too many students are not college ready when they leave high school. Although indicators exist to identify students at risk of dropping out of high school, few indicators of students' college readiness are currently in place, and few districts have linked indicators to practices…

This is the fourth and final article in the "PE Metrics" series that focuses on assessing the National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE) for Standard 1. The first article focused on assessment of student learning. The second described formative and summative assessments and provided considerations on how to implement assessment within…

The American College Testing Program has designed a kit of metric instructional materials for secondary students. The materials are described and recommendations for implementation are provided. (Author/MLF)

Discussed are ways in which metric measurements can be incorporated and taught in physical education classes. (JH)

Business math education is developing two new trends: (1) development of behavioral objectives and (2) implementing the new metric system in its curriculum. (BP)

Several logical methods for dividing circles and time into legitimate metric increments are examined and discussed as being convenient for conducting business, doing mathematics, navigating, and scheduling our daily lives. (MP)

The chief pedagogical advantages of the metric system are discussed as being its coherency and an aid to learning. The reasons for converting to the metric system are discussed. (MP)

A graphical representation is used to construct a line one centimetre in length. (MP)

The manual provides industrial arts instructors with information necessary to introduce and teach the metric system to their students. The instructional unit is based on a project, the building of a model automobile racer propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge. To add interest and enthusiasm, Statewide racing competition in which students may…

This activity, for grades 7-12, requires students to lay out an arena for training horses. To do this the students compute the sum of metric linear measures, compute the circumference of circles and semi-circles, and use the Pythagorean Theorem. (BB)

The author's specific instructions (which are presented) for converting machine shop tools to the metric system involve students in a do-it-yourself conversion process. (HD)

Describes activities for helping students learn the metric system. Suggests teachers use metric units in ordinary conversation. Describes a homework assignment for students to make 20 metric measurements. Provides instructions on conducting a "TV studio" style game that is played on Metric Day (October 10th). (PR)

This curriculum guide for grades K-6 was prepared to assist teachers and students in learning about the metric system. An introductory section presents a brief history of the metric system and the rationale for introducing it into the schools. Instructional objectives and suggested learning activities are presented for each grade level. The…

Describes some simple activities that teach the use of the metric system. (MLH)

Discusses legislation related to SI (International Systems of Units) in the United States. Indicates that although SI metric units have been officially recognized by law in the United States, U.S. Customary Units have never received a statutory basis. (JN)