This paper discusses recent research on cognition and its implications for mathematics education. Learning as a generative process, structural organization, processing of information, processes and structures, individual differences, brain research, higher-order processes, motivation, and delay-retention effects are discussed. (MS)

Fourth grade students (half of whom received reading instruction through the Language Experience Approach and the other half through the Basal Reader Approach since the first grade) were observed to determine the behavioral channeling of aggression when influenced by method of instruction. The methods were: (1) a Directed Reading-Thinking Activity…

This is a copy of the script for the electrical relationships unit in an auto-tutorial physical science course for non-science majors, offered at the University of Maine at Orono. The unit includes 15 simple experiments designed to allow the student to discover various fundamental electrical relationships. The student has the option of reading the…

A square lattice is used to generate classroom activities, such as counting the number of squares in a lattice of a given size. (MP)

Allowing students to discover a winning strategy for this game is suggested as a way to introduce modular arithmetic. (MP)

Attempts to synthesize various logical, psychological, and educational ideas to provide a useful guide for the classroom teacher to follow in using discovery curriculum. Outlines the discovery technique in six steps. (Author/RK)

Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, long concerned with man's ecological heritage, has designed many programs of interest to teachers of environmental education. The philosophy of the environmental program described here is to "observe, explore, generalize" and provides a hands-on exhibit for elementary school students at the…

Compared were the effects of two modes of instruction in the calculus: small group discovery and traditional lecture-discussion. The discovery mode was more effective in producing successful achievement in areas of manipulative skills, there were no differences in achievement as measured by a concepts test. (SD)

Describes one teacher's attempts to move her students from rote learning to reasoning. Elaborates on the use of a standardized multiple-choice test as a basis for evoking students' arguments concerning defensible answers and reasons they are defensible. (JAD)

An ambiguity in Gagne and Briggs' model of instructional design was investigated using treatments which contrasted verbal expository and guided discovery forms of presentation. Analysis found the guided discovery method as effective as the expository method on all measures. Implications are discussed. (Author/MT)

A series of activities are described to introduce students to musical instruments. Children learn about woodwind, string, percussion, and brass instruments through observation of musicians, hands-on experiences, and recordings. Sample recordings and a bibliography are listed. (DF)

The Math Lab is a creative approach to teaching math concepts. Students are introduced to skills through several conceptual levels. Concrete level activities are followed by semiconcrete, semiabstract, and abstract levels of instruction. Examples of teaching methods for each level are offered. (DF)

Children learn while they travel when they take a portable study kit with them. The suggested travel tote requires children to keep a daily journal, trace the trip on a map, and collect souvenirs. Examples are offered of this multidisciplinary approach that helps children learn outside the school. (DF)

This article presents a practical model for a biology classroom discussion on evidence and inference, and on changes that have taken place in accepted ideas of what constitutes reliable evidence. (EB)

Describes three major difficulties plaguing most discovery-learning teaching systems and presents a theoretical operational approach for offsetting these difficulties. (SL)