The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards recommend that students go beyond memorizing and applying formulas to applying procedures. Students should not only understand mathematics, but also be able to do mathematics. The Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) is a comprehensive curriculum development project that develops…

Describes a module in the general social work practice sequence at the University of Hawaii School of Social Work that offers students an opportunity to develop both a skill and a knowledge base, as well as an exploration of their own personal experiences with--and reactions to--death. (Editor/JT)

A dozen articles in this inset deal with different aspects of an approach to language teaching just now attracting increasing interest. (Editor)

A criminal activities checklist is presented for the classroom which can aid in discussing criminal statistics, definitions of crime, and other aspects of criminology. (Author/DE)

Gives the results of an investigation carried out at the integrated Gesamtschule (a school with grades 1-13) of Braunschweig-West, on teaching-oriented flexible external differentiation with the textbook "English for a Start" (Lensing, Dortmund). The basic principle of the model is that the pupils remain in heterogeneous groups. (Text is in…

This introductory psychology course consisting of 16 contemporary films available at each student's convenience; readings; discussion sessions; and laboratory experience, assisted by upper-division psychology students, is an attempt to minimize some of the problems of the usual introductory lecture course. (JH)

A college chemistry course for nonchemistry majors that uses analysis of food as a starting point for the study of elementary chemistry is described and discussed. (DT)

Teaching a course in clinical psychology so as to foster development of problem solving skills, attitudes and behaviors such as autonomy and independent thinking is reported. (Editor/PG)

An introductory course in technology was added to the basic curriculum of the Open University in order to emphasize the creative activity of design and to understand complex systems such as the environment or an industry. ( author/KM)

Describes the successful use of six simulated games in a commercial law class of 84 students and discusses teacher and student evaluation of their effectiveness. The six games, three with a legislative setting and three with a court setting, are included. (JT)

Details of an introductory course in structural theory are presented. (Author)

This textbook provides the foundation for a second-year high school mathematics course. It aims to teach "how to study" as well as the "content" of a second unit of secondary mathematics through the nature and form of the material, explicit exhibits, formulated tests of both sound and unsound reasoning, through study-helps,…

Activity in the audiovisual teaching of French to students from Afro-Asiatic countries after the second World War at the Pedagogical Institute of St.-Cloud inspired Professor P. Guberin of Zagreb University to develop a course of 50 lessons for teaching Russian by this method. The use of tapes, films, and textbooks with records is treated here,…

An engineering graphics course offered at North Carolina State University for freshman engineering students is described. The course is divided into 14 units and the students are allowed to proceed at their own pace. The first 11 units comprise the required core; the remaining 3 units may be chosen from other areas such as computer graphics,…