This document plus diskette product provides nine interactive puzzles and games that both teach and provide practice with simple addition and subtraction concepts. The activities address these skills through carrying in addition and regrouping in subtraction. The activities address cognitive skills such as problem solving, planning, visual pattern…

Young children learn best in nearby natural places, where they can use their senses to experience the pleasures of real discovery. This paper introduces outdoor activities for young children that will help them learn about nature. The activities encourage hands-on discovery based in careful, accurate sensory observation, keyed to the common…

A description of how a topical seminar can be structured to emphasize student exploration and discovery is provided. (DE)

Presents the rationale behind the need to teach the metric system and includes a description of the most important metric units. The stages through which children pass as they develop an understanding of the process of measurement are discussed. Bibliographic material is included. (EB)

Article discussed the inquiry approach in teaching music. (Editor/RK)

The Discovery Learning, Inc. (DLI) process of instruction is an instructional delivery system that combines presentations of ideas, subject matter, and classroom management in a dynamic setting. The first component of the model is a blending of directed dialogue instruction, participation-generating techniques, and innovative presentations of…

This trainer's guide is intended for use in conjunction with a companion videotape, "Focus on Questioning." It includes an overview of the video for the trainer and a master copy of the handout to be used by paraprofessionals. The videotape is designed to be viewed either individually or in groups. The tape and the handout present the…

The study examined the meaning of outdoor education experiences and the role photography plays in assisting students to make connections from their outdoor experiences to their everyday lives. Specifically, this exploratory qualitative study utilized photo-elicitation interviews to investigate the inner significance of structured university-based…

Article focused on art and the welfare of the individual versus that of society in connection with the development of educational goals. (RK)

Advocates student replication of experimental studies in communication as an effective method of instruction. Various approaches to related activities are noted. (MH)

A series of laboratory or discovery activity worksheets lead the student to explore the relationship between a given polygon and a figure constructed by rules generated by properties of the given polygon. (JP)

THIS PAPER REVIEWS VARIABLES AND TRENDS IN RESEARCH ON PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS. IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE AAAS SYMPOSIUM ON LEARNING RESEARCH PERTINENT TO EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, CLEVELAND, OHIO, DEC. 29, 1963. (LH)