The United States has the distinction of being the last industrial nation to adopt the metric system of measurement. Presents the principal personalities and governmental programs involved in this two-century struggle and the major reasons behind this country's long-standing and, oftentimes, bitter resistance to metrication. (Author/RK)

This prospectus proposes the development, by a consortium of states and provinces working with the Agency for Instructional Television, of television programs to teach measurement with the metric system. The scope and meaning of the metrication process are described, with affective as well as cognitive factors noted. Following a review of how the…

A description is provided of the scope of the metrication process, the curricular changes it will bring, and the role of instructional television in metric education. The cognitive and affective impacts of metrication upon adults and children are analyzed, along with the opportunity which it provides to re-examine the role of measurement in the…