Several activities are described which give children experience with body measuring and estimating. Ratio and proportion and graphing are also involved. Samples of individual worksheets are provided as is a poster. (LS)

This mathematical model is intended to be a tool for the monitoring of the bargaining process and to provide the ability to predict the form of bargaining outcomes given certain initial conditions. It applies to situations in organizations in which the conflict between the expressed desires of interest groups are settled by a bargaining process…

This study examined cooperative planning for change between educational linkers and 11 schools. Qualitative field research methods were used to determine the effects that school context factors, the school-agency relationship, and linking agent behavior had on project outcomes. Results showed that the school context and the school-agency…

THE PROBLEM WAS TO DETERMINE WHICH COMBINATIONS OF VERBAL AND GRAPHIC MATERIALS LEAD TO THE MOST EFFICIENT LEARNING. NINETY-ONE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO EIGHT GROUPS WHICH READ THE SAME INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (ON ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY) IN VERBAL, GRAPHIC, VERBAL-GRAPHIC, OR GRAPHIC-VERBAL FORM. HALF OF THE SUBJECTS WERE…

This is part one of a three-part SMSG calculus text for high school students. The aim of the text is to develop some of the concepts and techniques which will enable the student to obtain important information about graphs of elementary functions. Chapter topics include: (1) polynomial functions; (2) the derivative of a polynomial function; and…

This is part three of a three-part SMSG calculus text for high school students. The aim of the text is to develop some of the concepts and techniques which will enable the student to obtain important information about graphs of elementary functions. Chapter topics include area and the integral, differentiation theory and technique, mathematical…

This paper compares population growth and affluence in developed nations in which per capita income and consumption have been relatively high, and in developing nations in which per capita income and consumption have been relatively low. The paper is one in a series of occasional publications intended to increase understanding of the…

To determine the effect of format on the communication of information and the range of qualitative reaction, data was presented by bar graphs, data tables and natural language text to 24 staff members of the Southwest Regional Laboratory. No difference in acquisition of information among the staff members was shown. Subjects preferred data tables,…

This report briefly describes and analyzes several of the most frequently used techniques for depicting trends and making projections of education statistics. Each technique is described simply and nontechnically, with its uses and shortcomings, and a step-by-step analytical and graphic example and explanation. Projection techniques described…

This booklet is a sample activity from an individualized instruction unit in mathematics. Agreement between the performance specified in the units' objectives, the performance taught in the instruction activity, and performance required on the posttest was a key criterion during the development of this material. The student is told what he is…

This monograph is a test of graphing and graph interpretation skills which assesses performance on all the skills of graphing which are contained in the AAAS program, Science - A Process Approach. The testing includes construction of bar graphs, interpreting information on graphs, the use of the Cartesian coordinate system, making predictions from…

Fifty-eight undergraduate and graduate student volunteers participated in a factorial experiment designed to test hypotheses about the effects of two levels of information organization and four types of adjunct prequestion treatments on performance on specific amount items and two types of items organized in the same manner as the graphical…

Although recent writings indicate the importance of personal contact structures in diffusing innovations and in determining perceptions, the internal contact structure of the school faculty remains unexamined. This study applies directed graph theory, a new branch of mathematics, to analyzing school contact structure. Sociometric data and…