Outlines seven steps in the nominal group process and demonstrates each step with an example of a class group generating goals for adult education. (SK)

Presents activities designed to build an understanding of why the physical characteristics of small animals such as the water strider, water spider, and the basilisk make it possible for the animals to use the surface tension of water to their advantage. Discusses the concept of geometrical scaling. (JRH)

Points out the importance of an understanding of a sense of scale and presents an activity that uses distance or time as a measure. The activity illustrates for students what the universe would look like at various scales. (DDR)

Uses math and the power of 10 to understand the intangible concept of magnitude with regard to science. Prefaces the subject of magnitude with a series of activities that check for students' understanding and allows students to explore the dimensions of various objects from the microscopic to the macroscopic level. (SAH)

Explores the effects of the square-cube law that predicts the physical consequences of increasing or decreasing an object's size. Uses examples to discuss the economy of scales, common misconceptions, and applications of scaling laws. (JRH)

Presented are problems that teachers can use to stimulate students' thinking about the subject of mathematical scaling. Food and eating examples are used to illustrate this concept. (CW)

This manual consists of three parts: (1) an introduction to Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) as an evaluation tool in rehabilitation, (2) a workbook, and (3) a report of a pilot study of GAS. Chapter 1 discusses GAS as an evaluation procedure and defines it as a way of arranging and expressing time-based treatment cr service goals so that results can…

EQUALS is a teacher education program that helps elementary and secondary educators acquire methods and materials to attract minority and female students to mathematics. It supports a problem-solving approach to mathematics which has students working in groups, uses active assessment methods, and incorporates a broad mathematics curriculum…

Discusses the importance of toys in improving students' motivation and understanding of scale, proportions, and ratios by connecting toys with their real-life counterparts. Presents a unit that includes measurement activities in order to teach these topics by comparing toys and actual measurements for known and unknown scale toys. (ASK)

The Mathematics Resource Project has as its goal the production of topical resources for teachers, drawn from the vast amounts of available material. This experimental edition on Ratio, Proportion, and Scaling, contains a teaching emphasis section, a classroom materials section, and teacher commentaries. The teaching emphasis section stresses…