Noting that parents can capitalize on the opportunity to enhance their child's brain growth during the first 5 years, this book guides parents in actively promoting the motor, cognitive, and social skills that will enhance their child's readiness for later formal, academic learning. Presented in 4 parts, the book provides more than 75 activities…

There has been a renaissance in the thinking about career development. It is becoming accepted that information is not enough; in addition to academic and technical skills, youth and adults need to learn life/work designing and building skills to become healthy, productive, and self-reliant citizens. Despite the fact that Canadian students have…

Character education's single-minded focus on virtues and moral exemplars is apt to leave young people wondering what an individual does to be honest or courageous or generous or determined. Kohlberg's well-known levels of moral development do not involve the application of universal principles until the most mature stages. Some discussion of moral…

This field trip program consists of a 60-minute interpretive tour, a 90-minute hands-on workshop, and a 20-minute slide show at the Lowell, Massachusetts "Invention Factories." The program explores invention and its significance to the modern world. The workshop complements the tour by bringing the significance of historic resources to…

Satellite instructors and classrooms are useful when community college students need instruction in specialized skill areas and can fill in for lack of expensive equipment. Conversely, the college can go into the community to meet special needs off-campus. Simulation games, field trips, and televised instruction bring greater realism to courses.…

Describes several procedures for involving students in language learning. (MM)

MOCO, a game intended to improve the players' ability to identify the forces in the members of pin-jointed trusses, has been developed and tested. The paper describes the game and the test results. (Author)

A classification scheme provides for discussion of manipulative devices by type as well as individually. Characteristics of good devices, general guidelines for uses, and means of evaluation are given. Besides specific examples, there is a listing of commercial sources and a selected bibliography. (LS)

Author offers suggestions for teaching standard English as an alternate dialect. (MB)

Describes three classroom games for elementary school mathematics. Two are geoboard activities using a coordinate system; the third combines a knowledge of number facts with a game of tag. (RS)

Includes a descriptive list of recommended, readily-available simulation games for classroom use, including publishers' addresses; appears as Part I of a two-part supplement on simulation games. (Editor/RD)