A new approach to teaching students to write effective business letters is presented. It uses class members as resources, writers, and readers for the assignment. Four stages are described: the interview, discussion of models and format, revision, and the reply. Results of the exercise and suggestions for continued application are included. (CT)

Describes how teachers turned the reality of the nuclear reactor incident at Three Mile Island into a learning experience for children by recreating the sequence of events through creative dramatics. (CM)

Brainstorming is suggested as one approach to problem solving. Generating possibilities stimulates creative and independent thinking and can facilitate problem solving in many situations. (MP)

Most presentations of mathematical ideas are suggested as being backwards from the way they evolved. Two alternatives are discussed, both emphasizing mathematical processes. (MP)

An example is presented that can be used to introduce the study of limits of sequences through recursive formulas yielding square roots. (MP)

A proof is given of the irrationality of the square root of 2 which depends on notions of terminating and repeating decimals. (MP)

Topics discussed include: maximizing the volume of a box, finding different size squares on a geoboard, the angles formed by the hands of a clock, and questions related to three consecutive integers. (MP)

Describes a method designed to teach the student of French how to obtain a train ticket. (AM)

Topics discussed are: triangular numbers; three proofs of the surface area of a sphere; reverse notation; highest common factors; square roots from a graph; and clock geometry. (MP)

Reactions to a two-week workshop are given. Conclusions are that chisanbop has presented a misleading picture and is highly overrated. (MP)

An activity is described that is designed to give students a chance to learn about speed by calculating their own running or walking speed and the speed of cars. (MP)

Provides a collection of election teaching ideas from various national political contests and a list of research and activity suggestions covering a wide range of interests and age and ability levels that will help students learn more about how our system of government operates. (Author/RK)

Activity-based approaches give the museum-school connection new zest and dimension. (Editor)

Discusses suggestions, possibilities, and models for designing instructional activities evolving from the Task Force for a Conceptual Framework for Technology Education. Explores the power of these models and approaches for making changes in the nature of schooling and learning. (JOW)

An example of an integrated sequence is provided that demonstrates how language learners are autonomous in their language use and are responsible for the pace, direction, and outcome of their work. It is suggested that establishing a principled connection between tasks modelled on natural sequences of language use is a key element in providing for…