This article presents a teaching methodology for free radical theory and discusses the role of antioxidants in human health. Free radicals are a normal byproduct of respiration, which allows the body to use oxygen, liberate energy, and dispose of harmful substances. The body's antioxidants and nutritional antioxidants quench most of the free…

There is a need to expand the notion of acceptable thinking practices to include nontraditional thinking and wonder. Such an approach can help students learn to deal with ambiguity. The unique design of ambiguous thought evokes wonder, discovery, interrelationships, and new connections. Ambiguous thinking refrains from making unequivocal…

Richard Hugo's thinking about teaching creative writing can enhance the composition classroom: he offered both practical pointers about writing and advice about self-discovery for all writers. His pedagogy was directed at the most common elements in all writers--their humanity and their relationships to language, ideas, and feelings. "The…

The dissemination and synthesis of critical, but scattered, existing knowledge concerning the human costs of J.V. Stalin's once-acclaimed achievements are contained in this seed document. The document is primarily for teachers who are free to expand, contract, modify, or delete the seed suggestions provided according to the characteristics of…

Suggestions are given relating to having plants and animals in the classroom to stimulate development of the understanding of the concept of being alive, a concept not really understood by children under age nine. The research reviewed promotes firsthand experiences to help form concepts of living and nonliving, of identity and causality. (EB)

In the situation described, the withholding of immediate reinforcement led a student to verify his method, and thus led to greater confidence and motivation. (SD)

The number of triangles having a fixed length of longest side is investigated. (SD)

Two students (aged 10) and a teacher described their exploratory approach to problems involved in sliding blocks games. (SD)

A series of simple games can be analyzed inductively to determine strategies. Students explore possibilities, hypothesize solutions, prove their solutions correct, and then generalize to more complex games. (SD)

Intended to aid teachers help students discover the concept of human beings interrelating and interdependent with their environment. A science activity used with sixth grade students involved in a functional recycling system for newspapers is described. The program grew into a community-wide project, incorporated with city council. (EB)

Research related to two uses of tests of creativity in mathematics is reviewed. The use of tests to predict creativity is discussed, as well as testing to determine the outcomes of discovery learning experiences. (SD)

Geometric concepts and theorems can be discovered by high school students using the materials described. Among the topics explored are Platonic solids and Euler's formula. (SD)

Remarks are focused on two of the findings of a study carried out by Bingham-Newman and Hooper in "Classification and Seriation Instruction and Logical Task Performance in Preschool."

Homemade geostrips, "angle-fixers" (cardboard circular sectors) and brass fasteners can be used by students to explore properties of angles, triangles and other polygons. Several games and other activities are suggested. (SD)

Students and teachers participating in a San Antonio arts program are learning more about various crafts - and about one another, too. (Editor)