this article presents a way to stimulate the study of some properties of numbers. The number of points on the star to be drawn is predicted using the number of teeth on each wheel, the greatest common factor of those numbers, and the number of teeth in the movable wheel. (Author/KM)

The authors describe several board games which can be made by the teacher and used to develop mathematical concepts (e.g. one-to-one correspondence) or reinforce basic skills. (SD)

A variety of experiences, both in school and in the community (e.g. TV program), were planned to raise awareness of the metric system and the sizes of metric units. The activities are described, and several worksheets are provided in this article. (SD)

Students, using the materials provided, can determine the number of diagonals, number of triangles formed by the diagonals, and degree measures of interior and exterior angles of regular polygons. The activity is designed to lead them to general formulae for polygons with n sides. (SD)

Middle school students who learn about nineteenth-century America through "texts" such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" series, also conduct investigations into their own backgrounds, and through an honors elective, Log Cabin Living, combine art, social studies and outdoor-living. (JH)

Suggestions for the improvement of the Associated Schools Project focus on involving students in their community under the assumption that students' attitudes toward society and the world as a whole begin with their attitudes toward their immediate environment. (JH)

In the project described, high school students became familiarized with a material-centered inquiry approach to teaching science, and introduced science activities to children in the lower grades' open-classrooms. The project has encouraged meaningful interaction between the secondary and elementary schools and prompted changes in teaching styles.…

Using play money, students buy and sell six types of stock certificates at prices determined periodically by tossing three dice; all students participate as investors, brokers, or banker. In addition to gaining practice on computational skills in a motivational game, students study the real stock market concurrently. (SD)

Pupils' natural questioning attitudes lead them to discovery in a learning center, in contrast to the lecture method, by which information is forced on students regardless of their interests. This paper describes learning experiences built around rocks. Materials placed in a rock center (rocks, stones, pebbles, magnifying glasses hammers, and…

Having an eighth grade class at Holy Angels Elementary School (Dayton, Ohio) open a school bookstore was a project in which concepts learned in various curricular areas were applied to a practical situation. One of the first skills the class learned was how to conduct an effective business meeting. They used their writing skills to write a…

This study documents the benefits of tutoring as a clinical experience for the prospective teacher. The program was developed to give the teacher candidates a perspective on the likelihood that they will encounter vast differences between their life experiences and those of their students. These differences may be racial, ethnic, and/or cultural.…

A study explored the effects of participation in two kinds of volunteer activities--community service and child care--on adolescents' attitudes toward social and personal responsibility skill development and knowledge acquisition. It was part of an evaluation of the New York State 4-H Youth Volunteers Program. Written questionnaires, interviews…