After a discussion of experiential learning as an element in higher education and of the program evaluation process used in this study, six different but successful experiential learning programs in engineering are described and compared. From these comparisons some conclusions are drawn about important program elements. The six programs described…

The notions of topological equivalence for one-, two-, and three-dimensional figures, as well as for graphs and networks, are developed for classroom use with children between the ages of three and ten. Properties of open and closed curves are also examined. This manual, addressed to the teacher, describes several activities related to each…

This document introduces the metric measurement system to students in the elementary grades through ready-to-use activity cards covering metric concepts of length, area, and volume. The cards provide a minimal sequence of activities aimed at helping the student become familar with each measurement concept; cards are ungraded and can be used as…

This guide is the sixth in a series of publications to assist teachers in using a laboratory approach to mathematics. Twenty activities on probability and statistics for the elementary grades are described in terms of purpose, materials needed, and procedures to be used. Objectives of these activities include basic probability concepts; gathering,…

This study had three major purposes: (1) validation of The Beckman-Beal Mathematical Competencies Test for Enlightened Citizens, a test based on the recommendations of the Committee on Basic Mathematical Competencies and Skills of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; (2) evaluation of the effectiveness of activity-oriented materials…

This booklet is a revised edition of Donovan Johnson's "Paper Folding for the Mathematics Class" (ED 077 711). It begins with directions for folding basic constructions such as as a straight line, the line perpendicular to a given line passing through a given point, and the bisector of an angle. Subsequent chapters cover concepts related to…

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the relationships between and among classroom organization, self-concept, and reading achievement. Of the 12 classrooms used in the sample, six were organized according to traditional patterns, six were activity-centered. Traditional classrooms were those in which the curriculum and…

Directions and materials for 57 mathematical games and activities are provided in this commercially-prepared package. Suggested use is with pre-school through third grade levels. General content areas include functions and graphs, geometry, logical thinking, measurement, numbers and operations, problem solving, sets, and statistics and…

A study was done to see if a teacher-guided, sequentially-arranged program of instruction for kindergarten children used in addition to a regular classroom program is more effective in producing general intellectual gains and specified behavioral characteristics than two instructional alternatives. These alternatives were (1) participation in a…

"Rocks" is a prototype kit of rock specimens, demonstration materials and activities for 5th and 6th grade classes to use over a two-week period. It is designed to allow students to discover that rocks were not always the same as they are today, that rocks contain clues to the changes they have undergone, what life on earth was like…

This is a teacher-developed guide for use with a unit on measurement in the elementary school. Contents are organized under the three main headings of awareness, English units, and metric units. Objectives are stated, accompanied by a description of suggested implementation activities. Also included are the relationship of the activity to a…

This booklet is a collection of activities and games designed to supplement textbook and other instructional materials in an elementary school mathematics program. The selected activities propose to stimulate learning and enhance attitudes. Some provide practice with number facts; others explore various topics such as probability. The emphasis is…

The relationship of training in and performance on open-ended vs. closed-ended math lab activities to the divergent thinking ability of 82 preservice elementary teachers was investigated. On the basis of scores on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, the subjects were divided into three groups of divergent thinking ability. One-half of each…

A collection of articles from the ARITHMETIC TEACHER is presented which are about practical, classroom-tested ideas for the instruction and use of teacher-made instructional aids. These entries deal only with manipulative type aids. They have been selected for the clarity of purpose and relationship to contemporary topics in the elementary school…

This series of activity units was written especially for elementary school teachers in Massachusetts. The material is divided into units--glaciation, topographic maps, parts of a flower, wildflowers, bog ecology, insects, freshwater flora, and marine ecology--many of which would be of interest to teachers in other locales. An annotated…