This pamphlet is a synthesis of the discussions that took place at a conference on the teaching of elementary mathematics using a laboratory approach. Presented is a definition of a laboratory approach followed by synopses on different settings for a laboratory approach, the role of the teacher, student produced materials and the use of activity…

The first trial edition of the Australian Science Education Project unit introducing the concepts of electrical charge consists of a student workbook, question booklet and a response sheet, and a booklet containing answers to the questions in the workbook and question booklet. The teacher's guide outlines the unit, lists suggested teaching…

An audio-tutorial learning system for college students studying intermediate algebra was developed by a member of the mathematics staff and was directed by student assistants. An analysis of covariance design was used to determine if students receiving help from student assistants did significantly better than those not receiving help. Results…

This series of four text-workbooks was designed for tenth grade mathematics students who have exhibited lack of problem-solving skills. Electric desk calculators are to be used with the text. In the first five chapters of the series, students learn how to use the machine while reviewing basic operations with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and…

This is a collection of mathematics laboratory activities related to the topics of linear and square measure. There are a number of experimental situations from which results may be generalized. Also included are worksheets, examples and discussion questions which are based on practical situations whenever possible. The materials are for student…

Nine papers illustrate the management considerations that arise in programmatic research and development in education and indicate how these considerations have been handled in one situation. (Author)

Describes two experimental procedures and the reactions suitable for teaching the principle that catalysts do not affect the position of equilibrium. (GS)

Through a series of games, children can be given practice on making change and operating with money. (SD)

Describes how the procedures by which a certificate soil tester evaluates a parcel of land for its suitability as a site for a private sewage system or septic tank can be used by college students as a laboratory exercise in environmental geology. (HM)

Reported here is a convenient alternative for determining the enantiomeric purity of student resolved alpha-phenylethyl amine using a chiral lanthanide shift reagent. (BB)

This experiment graphically demonstrates a change in the sign of the P-C-H coupling constant between trivalent phosphorus and tetravalent phosphorus. (BB)

This reaction can form the basis of a laboratory experiment for students who have mastered basic spectroscopy. The structure of the product can be assigned from four reasonable possibilities on the basis of the nmr spectrum. (BB)

Compares two grade 12 science classes, one receiving instruction using the Laboratory-Investigative Approach, and the other using the Lecture-Laboratory Approach, in terms of certain cognitive factors and associated attitudes. (GA)

An interdisciplinary laboratory course is described in which the experimental methodology of physics is applied to problems of potential research interest to the nonphysicist. Special attention is given to those practical considerations which determine the structure and content of such a course with particular emphasis on the unique pedagogical…