This guide is designed to foster an understanding of the basic concepts underlying biotechnology through simple activities that are fun and creative for students in grades 3-5. It contains four units that will lead young students to an appreciation of how biotechnology is possible and some of its applications. The process of learning is intended…

Considered were the effects of learning a concept chain inductively or deductively and the effects of presenting the individual concepts of the chain by discovery or utilization, upon a transfer task which required information recall but not discovery skills. (Author/BJG)

Stresses the importance of learner involvement, and adult patience and understanding, for a child's success in learning and consequently in living. (EB)

Discusses methods for introducing young children to the study of ecology. (PB)

A multiplication algorithm based on a perfect square is described. (SD)

In a series of activities involving map coloring, students can discover various combinatorial theorems including Euler's formula. (SD)

Describes an exploratory activity leading preschool children to become acquainted with the concept of time. (Author/EB)

This study examined the way children learn about and use the novel features of videodiscs. Nine 9- and 10-year-old students in a progressive private school in New York City participated in the study. None had prior experience with videodisc technology. The two videodiscs which served as test materials--"The First National Kidisc" and "Fun and…

In traditional programming courses assignments usually consist of problems that are somewhat closed in nature. That is, students are usually given a rigidly defined problem statement and are provided with a set of data that they are to use to test their program to produce a unique result. While this approach makes evaluation easy, it discourages…

A study is reported in which 7 children (2 girls and 5 boys, 11 to 12 years of age) with a year of LOGO Programming experience were asked to think aloud about how a LOGO procedure would work, and then to predict by hand-simulation of the programs, what the graphics turtle "pen" would draw when the program was executed. While all children…

Ways of finding the sums of some interesting sequences of numbers are discussed. Finding the patterns creates a challenge, but the patterns are not too difficult for average pupils to discover. Mathematical induction can then be used to prove the formulas. (LS)

This article describes a visit to the Maison des Petits school in Geneva, Switzerland where Piaget had observed young children. (PD)

Excerpt from "Classroom Out-of-Doors, published by Sequoia Press, Kalamazoo, Michigan (