Cooperative work experience programs were examined in terms of their scope and success in meeting student and community needs. Teacher-coordinators, administrators, and students participating in work programs at eight colleges offering work programs were interviewed. Students from industrial technology classes at a 4-year college were surveyed to…

The objective of this multimedia kit is to provide third and fourth grade children with materials with which they can interact, and which will help them to explore a selected part of their environment. By examining the fruits and seeds in the box, by experimenting with them, and by watching them grow, children will acquire skill in manipulating…

This multimedia kit introduces sixth grade children to everyday life in an ancient Greek household, and to archeology as a tool for learning about people's lives long ago. Artifacts, filmstrips, maps, photographs, reproductions, and written material is provided for 11 lessons. The teacher is to act as the director of research rather than as a…

The idea of this box of multimedia instructional materials is to surround the children with curious and wonderful objects and experiences which will stimulate them to self-expression. The kit provides a set of unusual objects: two movies about a rainshower, one from a weatherman's point of view and one as seen through the eyes of an artist; a set…

This booklet is a source of activities and instructional materials for teaching environmental education concepts in grades K-6. Contents are organized into the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies and are subdivided by suggested grade level. A listing of basic environmental understandings is referenced with the various…

The Minnesota School Mathematics and Science Teaching (MINNEMAST) Project is characterized by its emphasis on the coordination of mathematics and science in the elementary school curriculum. Units are planned to provide children with activities in which they learn various concepts from both subject areas. Each subject is used to support and…

Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) is a research-based, innovative, process-oriented elementary mathematics program that was developed at the Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program utilizes an activities approach to mathematics. Emphasis is on manipulative materials and sequencing…

This document reviews the development and progress of the experiential education program at the University of Kentucky. Following a review of why experiential education was developed and the stages of that development, emphasis is placed on the progress of the program in relation to its goals and objectives. (MJM)

The Farallones Designs group is dedicated to "helping ourselves and other people create more human places for living, learning, working, playing,...to returning architecture to its roots in each person,...to creating access to the design process and tools." The Scrapbook is a "partial record of eighteen months together helping kids and teachers to…

Summarized are presentations made at a one-day teachers' workshop organized by the Bicultural Socialization Project to discuss the materials to be used in mathematics learning centers in the project classrooms. The first chapter discusses the basic philosophy, whereby pupils are to be encouraged to enjoy the discovery of mathematical relationships…

Based on the actions of the child as a learner from infancy on, this paper is a working copy intended for inclusion in a forthcoming curriculum manual, to be published in 1972. Detailed lists include: 1. Action and Learning Throughout Life; 2. Action in the Preschool Classroom; and 3. Questions and Answers About Action. It concludes with a…

This guide includes a chapter on concepts related to measurement, a chapter describing the various measuring instruments that are used in the field, and a chapter indicating realistic class projects using field instruments. Twenty-three plates contained in the publication are designed as masters to make transparencies for classroom instruction. A…

Number activities for use in kindergarten were developed in an attempt to reduce the deficit in numerical experience shown by culturally disadvantaged children upon entry into the first grade. Twelve activities are described with teaching suggestions included. The activities did not undergo formal evaluation. Recommendations are made that the…

The design and use of various types of mathematics learning centers are discussed; suggestions for evaluation of centers are offered. A sample learning center, designed to teach first graders linear measurement, is described in detail. (SD)

Several games, which can be useful in the classroom for teaching problem solving strategies, are described. (SD)