Describes the heating of a baby's milk bottle (an exercise in modelling) and the interaction between lecturer and students as they formulate the problem, produce a tentative solution and interpret the solution. (Author/JN)

Problems designed to show the meaningful use of logarithms in the age of calculators are presented. The emphasis is placed on viewing a logarithm as an inverse operation to raising to a power. (MP)

Legal aspects of field trips are addressed, with special attention on planning and implementation aspects which warrant legal consideration. Suggestions are based on information obtained from studies which reviewed and analyzed court cases, with recommendations geared to lessen the likelihood that negligence suits will result if students sustain…

The way that fractions are taught to fourth-grade pupils at the Village Community School in New York City is detailed. The approach is thought to make the often frightening symbols of fractions into something that even beginning students find meaningful. Meaning rather than computational technique is emphasized. (MP)

How the use of calculators can illuminate mathematics and improve the level of problem-solving discussion in classes is presented. (MP)

The chronology and effects of a 1978 blizzard on Indianapolis' air pollution levels (ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide) are used as a case study for geography classes. Photographs, graphs, and maps are provided as examples of meteorological data collection and interpretation. (AM)

Describes a successful approach to college-level modern history teaching using three case studies to examine the technical, social, and political conditions shaping government policy. A discussion of problems inherent in this teaching method is included. (AM)

A teacher recounts her problems in trying to implement in a real classroom the individualized instruction theory she learned in college. (SJL)

Educational imagery is a teaching method that guides students into decision-making situations through directed daydreaming or fantasizing. The theory is that if a decision is clearly imagined and acted out, the process will be facilitated in real life. (JN)

Eighty-four sixth-grade students were assigned to three conditions, and studied two controversial issues with materials representing both pro and con views. Controversy, compared with concurrence seeking and individualistic study, promoted higher achievement and retention, greater search for information, more cognitive rehearsal, and positive…

Research on the conceptual notions of fractions held by students at various levels of schooling is discussed. A method of approach to instructing students on fractions that seems to hold considerable promise is also covered in detail. (MP)

Three teaching ideas are presented: (1) the use of "factor cards" to teach the concept of greatest common factor; (2) examples and tools used in student graphing in three dimensions; and (3) ways to use cuisenaire rods, cubes, and flats to discover binomial expansions. (MP)

Textbooks and teaching methods for adult basic education courses are frequently inappropriate for the cognitive ability level of the students. The assumption that these students have formal reasoning skills is often erroneous. (JD)

The article examines the nature of performance deficits in exceptional learners as they relate to the ability to perform complex cognitive tasks. (PHR)

Discusses a study which tested the effects of providing specialized instruction for research literature analysis and use during the initial stages of problem solving in college level psychology courses. Findings indicated that students who learned to review research profited significantly. (Author/DB)