Provides a rationale for the development of a classification and retrieval system for games and exercises in speech communication, a model of a classification and retrieval system in the area of nonverbal communication and, a set of guidelines for the development of a classification and retrieval system for other areas of speech communication.…

The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University offers external degree programs for adult learners using nontraditional study. The competency-based programs described include credit given for the educational background and relevant career-life experiences of registered nurses in Michigan. (Author/LBH)

Discussed are the strengths a field-study approach brings to undergraduate education, a model for conceptualizing a full range of field settings in the community, business, and government, and sources of strain in developing and implementing a program of non-classroom-based learning. (JMD)

People may perceive little opportunity for personal participation in international affairs due to their early socialization. Based on the assumption that people will participate if they can see international links in their activities in the local community, experiments with participatory learning in foreign policymaking were undertaken in…

Activities are suggested which enable children to experience in a concrete manner the basics of linear measurement and estimation in the metric system. (MN)

A detailed and up-to-date description of how the Harbor Hill Elementary School mathematics laboratory operates is given along with a list of materials that are available in the laboratory. (MN)

The authors develop some necessary considerations for evaluating mathematical games as well as provide some examples of quality games. (MN)

The author outlines the development, structure, and teaching and assessment problems of one introductory discipline-independent mathematical modelling course. (MN)

The number concepts of greatest common divisor and least common multiple are related to star patterns created through line designs. (JT)

The classroom use of attribute blocks to develop thinking skills is defended in this article. Divergent-productive thinking is identified as an important skill that can be developed by using these blocks. However, teacher commitment and involvement in the program is considered necessary. Suggestions for using these blocks are included. (MA)

A variety of methods for indirectly measuring the height of a flagpole are described for classroom use. (JT)

A classroom activity is described where students hunt for classroom objects that are answers to locus problems. Sample problems are included. (MN)

Shows how popular music can be used in the social studies classroom to teach about social order and social history in a manner which is interesting to students. Outlines a series of four social studies classes using music and demonstrates how this approach encourages students to use inquiry skills. (AEM)

Used simulation to increase students' empathy toward changes that occur as a concomitant of human aging, in a quasi-experiment of an undergraduate "Introduction to Gerontology" course. Discusses the self-selection method by which student experiments are designed; simulations done; and some of the results. (Author/KS)

Describes two projects that train older adults to work as classroom teacher aids in day care centers. Two phases of their experiential learning method are described: (1) participants used art media to understand the child's creative learning process, and (2) participants designed arts activities and worked with young children in a day care center.…