Many children who live in information-rich and eventful situations seem to know and to care relatively little about what is going on around them. Stimulating prosocial behavior and getting children involved in actual caring activities in their own environments may enhance children's interest in others, make them more open to relevant information,…

Political science education is currently experiencing a variety of pressures in the form of increasing demands for expanded and more effective educational opportunities in applied professional studies, basic civics instruction, flexible learning programs, and programs for an increasingly adult undergraduate population. An effective response to…

Designed to enhance student knowledge of and skills in child guidance in group care settings, this manual provides 50 laboratory experiences for five units. Units cover foundations and assumptions (2 laboratory experiences), developmental factors (8), indirect guidance (14), direct guidance (14), and strategies (12). Each unit includes performance…

Activities in which students make models of a variety of geometric solids are described. (SD)

Advice concerning setting up a center for materials related to the metric system is offered. (SD)

Many fundamental geometric figures can not be constructed on the familiar square geoboard (e.g., equilateral triangle, regular hexagon). Activities which can be used with an isometric geoboard for study of these figures are catalogued. (SD)

Using arrays of dots and grids many numerical concepts can be illustrated for students. (SD)

A game involving operations on whole numbers, observing patterns in the relationships between operands and results, and seeking problems yielding various numerical solutions is described. (SD)

Many concepts can be introduced informally through activities. Among those which can be investigated using easily-made 10-by-10 pegboards are geometric shapes, coordinate systems, grouping and regrouping, and addition of two-place numbers. (SD)

In order to make all learners feel that they are involved in the learning process, activities dealing with the human concerns of control, connectedness, and self image are suggested. (DE)

A model measurement program is described in terms of stage of measurement, learning process, type of measurement, and grade level. Suggested activities are presented in activity card format. (SD)

The effects of a combined mathematics and mathematics methods course incorporating extensive use of manipulative materials on the mathematics achievement, attitudes toward mathematics, and desire, ability, and tendency to use manipulative materials in the elementary classroom were investigated. (SD)

This study describes a service-learning course in the Department of Organizational Leadership at Purdue University developed in 1998 with the overarching goal of creating a culture of civic engagement by providing students with an opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom to meet community needs, to learn from social service providers…

For several years physics faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have taught physics to pre-service elementary and middle school teachers in an unusual location: the local elementary school! The participating pre-service elementary and middle school teachers are typically in their last semester and are fully immersed in their…