This booklet on the metric system and its presentation in the foreign language class has three main sections: (1) background material, including a brief history of the metric system and a rationale for teaching it in the foreign language class; (2) information for the teacher; and (3) learning activities. The second section includes terminology,…

This bibliography lists 86 references, most of which are annotated, to papers and journal articles on computer assisted learning (CAL) in the Soviet Union. Topics dealt with include problem solving models, decision strategies, programmed instruction, algorithms, simulation, educational games, databases, and testing. The references have been…

All materials in the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center bibliography are classified by Dewey Decimal number, so the listings for each section are organized in ascending order by Dewey number, and within Dewey classification, are roughly alphabetical by author. The bibliography includes some 400 citations with sections on books, curriculum aids,…

The games and simulations presented in this monograph represent an appropriate technology for the literacy instructor to use with adult students as a stimulus for discussion and analysis and as a motivational technique. Chapters in this monograph present reasons to use games and simulations, explanations of what games and simulations are,…

The board game and discussion provided in this pamphlet are designed to encourage awareness of future possibilities in the use of school media, to illustrate to students how transmission of news may change in the next ten years and how news and information exchanges might be possible between schools, and to encourage decision making and active…

This paper describes in detail the paper-and-pencil POE (Pelham Odd 'R Even) game, in which units of space are the allocated resources. The game is designed to provide an introduction to the rule structure common to the games of EQUATIONS, WFF 'N PROOF, and ON-SENTS & NON-SENTS. Techniques of playing POE, including goals, solutions, moves, scoring…

In February and May 1973, experimental forms of the mathematics game EQUATIONS were used in two seventh-grade classes which had been participating twice a week in EQUATIONS tournaments since the previous September. The purpose of the experimental games was to gain information as to the kinds of mathematical ideas players choose to concern…

Performance of 237 students in ten eighth-grade mathematics classes was assessed to measure their ability to solve (1) problems which involve only computation, and (2) problems which involve computation and recognition of the relevance of a particular mathematical idea indispensable to the solution of the problem. Pretest and/or posttest data were…

The Community Careering career education gamebook for elementary grades 3 and above introduces 57 occupations in three interrelated occupational clusters: looking around me, my family and my friends, and my community and me; it includes 25 career awareness games and a pretest and a posttest. The accompanying guidebook for teachers provides…

The Curriculum Careering career education gamebook for elementary grades 4 and above introduces 135 occupations through 25 career education games, a pretest and a posttest, while reinforcing curriculum concepts in the following subject areas: art, music, physical education, health, science, mathematics, social studies, and English. The…

A manual for cataloging nonprint materials reflects the recent agreement among authorities in the fields of library science and educational technology on cataloging rules, including terminology and order of entry. Written to produce citations compatible with established footnote and bibliographic forms, this manual can be used as a companion text…

Given in this manual are materials used in the Bilingual Mini Head Start Program to teach migrant preschool children about their Mexican cultural heritage. Presented in Spanish, the activities include pronunciation exercises, rhymes, tales, songs, dances, games, and manual activities. Materials are given for teaching about: (1) El Dia de la…

Over 100 simple, easy-to-make activities for building specific reading skills in six areas, readiness, sight word knowledge, phonetic analysis, structural analysis, comprehension, and critical reading, are presented for the elementary teacher to use as tools in individualizing reading instruction. Each game activity has been tested and complete…

This pamphlet includes a variety of suggestions and activities to stimulate language and thereby increase students' control over their environment and their lives. Although many of these activities can be used with elementary students, the emphasis in this collection is on language stimulation among secondary school children. The first section…

The two volumes of this sourcebook are designed for elementary teachers to help encourage children's creativity. The volumes offer activities and suggestions for language arts teachers who are interested in a variety of approaches to helping children appreciate poetry; do elaborative thinking; understand generic and specific words; understand…