Different regular-polygon-shaped candles wound with a sheet of paper are cut through obliquely. When the papers are unwound, unique patterns are revealed. Investigation of these patterns leads to the discovery of geometric concepts. (JP)

Author suggests ways in which parents and teachers can assist their children with early experience in sensory perception of the natural environment. (Author/RK)

Studies effects of verbal participation during enquiry on achievement among three differently treated groups of four eighth-grade classes each with I.Q. test, reading test, sociometric, and academiometric results taken into account. Indicated the preference of strategies involving more students, particularly more girls, in class discussion. (CC)

Findings of a series of interviews with several professors and administrators in the Swedish school system; research partially supported by the Swedish Institute. (DD)

Some second thoughts about the manager's handbooks'' developed in the great curriculum projects of the early sixties, based on two years of controlled study. (Author)

Argues that it is essential that alternative schools continually ask themselves: What is learning?'' Suggests that such schools must view the way the student values himself and his needs, the way he relates to other people, and the way he operates within the educational institution -- given the variables that will affect what a student learns at…

Discusses Piaget's and Skinner's approaches to instruction and indicates the possibility of a muddled education system through the superimposition of the new theories on the older ones. (CC)

After noting that accurate calculation is not the only reason for teaching arithmetic, innovative activities providing practice with basic facts, pattern spotting,'' and exploration are presented. (MS)

A principal expresses his vision of what a school ought to be and how he has been moving his school toward that vision. (DN)

A hypothetical story suggests that were there no textbooks teachers would stretch themselves and children would learn to look into the community for answers. Argues that textbooks should be aids to learning rather than the only source of learning. (Author/DN)