An activity in a college statistics class had students go to a field of grass and clover and use a variety of estimation, probability, sampling, distribution, and calculation techniques for determining the number of flowers in the field. The activity focused on the discovery process, encouraged abstract reasoning, and was pleasurable. (MSE)

Discusses the relationship between reflection and action and its importance in teaching when time for reflection before decision making is rarely available. Describes anticipatory reflection, active or interactive reflection, recollective reflection, and mindfulness or tact. Emphasizes the importance of tact to teaching as the teacher develops…

A modified form of Blumberg's interaction analysis is presented for supervisors to use in self-evaluation of the supervisor-teacher conferences. Supervisors tape record their conferences, then analyze and make changes in their verbal behavior where needed. The modifications make the method easier to use and interpret. Ten categories are listed in…

This article describes a process for increasing the quality of students' thinking through alternating from a quiet intuitive state to rational logical processing. The article provides specific teaching suggestions using guided imagery for students in grades K-2, grades 3-4, and grades 5 through college. (DB)

Presented are three cases for intuitive understanding in secondary and college level geometry. Four ways to develop the intuition (physical experience, mutable manipulatives, visualization, and looking back) step are discussed. (YP)

States that students who succeed tend to be thinkers rather than feelers. Discusses how teachers can discover their own learning styles and develop an approach that reaches every learner. Suggests that music educators' teaching styles tend to mirror the learning styles of at-risk students and are missing from the remainder of the curriculum. (DK)

Urges the inclusion of comparative psychology in the undergraduate curriculum. Defines zoological or comparative psychology as a field that explores the behavior patterns and minds of many animal species and the genesis, control, and consequences of a range of behavioral patterns. Traces the history and development of the discipline. Discusses…

The learning difficulties that students experience with fractions begin immediately when they are shown fraction symbols with one numeral written above the other and told that the "top number" is called the numerator and the "bottom number" is called the denominator. This introduction to fractions will usually include a few visual diagrams to help…