After noting that accurate calculation is not the only reason for teaching arithmetic, innovative activities providing practice with basic facts, pattern spotting,'' and exploration are presented. (MS)

A principal expresses his vision of what a school ought to be and how he has been moving his school toward that vision. (DN)

A hypothetical story suggests that were there no textbooks teachers would stretch themselves and children would learn to look into the community for answers. Argues that textbooks should be aids to learning rather than the only source of learning. (Author/DN)

Discusses a way to teach coherent thought in subjects like history. (Author)

The mathematics laboratory is described as being not just the use of concrete teaching aids but involving a new philosophy of how children learn and the teacher's role in the facilitation of learning. (CP)

Plato's Academy could be the model for the university in 1996, a center for thought and criticism. (Editor)

Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).

Children's natural enthusiasm for science is too often destroyed by the way the subject is taught. An elementary school teacher explains how to instill in young students an interest in science and a desire to understand why things happen as they do. (PP)

An exploration approach with calculators that promotes student investigation and development of mathematical processes and concepts is highlighted. The presentation helps to highlight the enormous potential of calculators to facilitate new and imaginative approaches to certain areas of number work, and shows how student interest is promoted. (MP)

Activities used with seventh and eighth grade students in Western Australia are described. The instructor guides pupils towards experimental solutions and encourages discovery of solutions for similar and more general problems. Investigations include study and construction of polygons, polyhedra, and one and two-sided surfaces. Commercial kits are…

Some functions on digits of positive integers are presented as possible sources for useful investigations by students, particularly through the use of calculators and computers or in the writing of small proofs. The material is designed to encourage students to conduct their own investigations. (MP)