Use of the Business and Office Career Education Curriculum (BO-CEC) in elementary and junior high schools is described. (SD)

Students collected and organized data concerning noise levels of various school activities. They reported that the activities were interesting and relevant. (SD)

Five activity lessons are proposed to present applications of probability and to exhibit its use in conjunction with statistics as a major decision-making and problem-solving tool. (MP)

The author outlines the development, structure, and teaching and assessment problems of one introductory discipline-independent mathematical modelling course. (MN)

The possibilities that magazines have to offer in the teaching of mathematics with consumer-related problems are discussed. (JT)

This paper contains the text of an address read at the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers. The author discusses an Australian Academy of Science project which focuses on mathematics applications materials for secondary school students not intending to proceed to post-secondary studies in mathematics.…

An overview of career education is given along with some related encouraging possibilities for modern mathematics as well as some points of disagreement and uncertainty. (MN)

A variety of methods for indirectly measuring the height of a flagpole are described for classroom use. (JT)

The authors trace the growing concern over mathematics and its relationship to other disciplines in the curriculum of the secondary schools from the early 1960's. The case is then argued for a mathematics curriculum in which students become heavily involved in solving problems which are interdisciplinary and are real and of interest to them. (MN)

Discussion focuses on the three major approaches to mathematics education over the past century: traditional mathematics, modern mathematics, and mathematics as the language of science. Arguments are given in favor of the last approach and in opposition to the first two approaches. (MN)

The Fibonacci Sequence describes a vast array of phenomena from nature. Computer scientists have discovered and used many algorithms which can be classified as applications of Fibonacci's sequence. In this article, several of these applications are considered. (PK)

The crucial moment to change the speed setting on a VCR serves as the problem in which linear equations are used. (MNS)

This paper is a case study of newspaper mathematics courses developed by SACHED TRUST and published as part of a broader newspaper project in South Africa between 1977 and 1980. Findings are presented, culminating in some recommendations for the future use of the newspaper for motivating adults to study mathematics. (Author/PK)

Describes an algorithm that provides more rapid convergence for more complicated forms of phase separation requiring the use of a digital computer. Demonstrates that this "inside-out" algorithm remains efficient for determination of the equilibrium states for any type of phase transition for a binary system. (CW)

The author reports on the development and early implementation of a 14-unit curriculum called "Principles of Technology" for high school students. The curriculum combines science, mathematics, and vocational education concepts with basic technological literacy. (CH)