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…

Shares 12 steps to using found poetry as an introduction to a unit on poetic composition. (MG)

Eleanor Duckworth's teaching techniques, based on Jean Piaget's learning theories and the Elementary Science Study, are applied to teaching deaf students. The method calls for painstaking explorations that enable pupils to be confident they really know something and are not just parroting facts. (JDD)

Describes a vocabulary lesson for middle school students designed to use mnemonics to reduce homophone misuse. Reports that students, working in small groups, developed mnemonics for over 300 homophones and compiled the results into a classroom reference book. (RS)

Mathematical games designed for children from kindergarten to grade five using buttons as counters are described. Each game description includes a brief discussion of the number and mathematical concepts it teaches. (JD)

Chapter 1 service providers assume that children suffer from a knowledge deficit best treated through remedial instruction. Actually, remedial students do not understand "understanding." The Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) project stimulates four general thinking techniques (metacognition, inference from context, decontextualization,…

Information on commercial fishing is provided, and a board game is described which requires students to watch for ocean signs of good fishing, choose equipment to catch specific types of fish, and consider effects of weather on working at sea. A reproducible copy of the game, with instructions, is included. (IAH)