Presents ideas for several games to use in teaching metrics to elementary school students. (JMB)

Techniques for incorporating metrics into existing business courses and suggestions for classroom activities are presented. (MF)

Physical education and recreation activities can play a role in increasing public awareness of the metric system. (MM)

This ERIC Digest concerns the fundamental science process skills of measurement. One only has to glance around the home or workplace to realize that measurement is fundamental to everyday life. International tests and student scores on measurement, measurement and curriculum standards, student difficulties and misconceptions, the challenge to…

The authors discuss background information about the metric system and explore the effect of metrication of agriculture in areas such as equipment calibration, chemical measurement, and marketing of agricultural products. Suggestions are given for possible leadership roles and approaches that agricultural education might take in converting to the…

The project director of the Toll Gate Metrication Project describes the project as the first structured United States public school educational experiment in implementing change toward the adoption of the International System of Units. He believes the change will simplify, rather than complicate, the educational task. (AG)

The media and the schools should be the main sources for metrication information dissemination. Rather than convert old units to metric, it is recommended to simply learn metric. For industrial arts, replacing all measuring devices and rescaling all machines as soon as possible, allowing two budget years for changeover, is suggested. (AG)

A national survey of 200 vocational education leaders produced a status report on the efforts of States in developing metric education programs by determining the extent to which programs had been initiated, when programs were scheduled to begin, and when metric program development was expected to begin. (AG)

Results of a survey of 250 schools and programs for the hearing impaired showed that while 62 percent of responding schools for the hearing impaired included metric measurement in their curricula, teachers felt the need for more information and instruction-oriented training and materials. (Author/CL)

The American College Testing Program has designed a kit of metric instructional materials for secondary students. The materials are described and recommendations for implementation are provided. (Author/MLF)

The present and future office worker will always be confronted by the awesome task of keyboarding numbers. The introduction of the metric system and the use of the uni- and duodigit approach to keyboarding digits into number, which is described, may be combined to help make this an easier task. (CT)

A summary of a survey on problems of conversion to SI units and its effect on the teaching of chemistry is presented. (Author/BB)