A rationale for requiring undergraduate students to become familiar with the empirical side of economics is presented, and seven exercises that can be used in an introductory course are provided. (Author/RM)

Parents can help young children learn to read or become better readers. Activities designed to be done at home each evening are suggested to teach and reinforce beginning reading skills. (MT)

Discusses how museum resources can be used by teachers of college anthropology courses. In addition to loaning artifacts and exhibits and providing off-campus teaching resources, museums are ideal sites for internships and training programs. (KH)

Describes computer software programs that can be used in introductory anthropology courses as well as in courses designed for majors. Discusses design and evaluation criteria helpful for developing computer-aided activities so anthropology students can use cultural variables and make cultural decisions. (Author/KH)

A consultant for hearing impaired students describes the initiation of a successful drama program for hearing impaired students (K-12). The program enhances students' communication, imagination, and self-esteem. (CL)

Describes a seminar offered at the University of Victoria for students who have taken arts or science degrees rather than degrees in education. Presents key activities used in the seminar, which is designed to provide students with classroom "survival skills." (FL)

Describes two sets of activities designed to stimulate thinking skills and to bring some topological aspects into the mathematics curriculum. One set explores Mobius strips; the other set deals with tori. The activities are suitable for students in fourth through eighth grades. (JN)

Third- and fourth-grade students were introduced to palindromes (numbers that can be read the same both forward and backward). The types of problems that they generated, investigated, and solved are presented. (JN)

Shows how to construct a cube using Origami techniques. Also shows how, by identifying analogous features, to construct an octahedron. (JN)

Presents a sequence of activities which serve to unravel the mystery of pi. In addition, the activities give meaning to circle relationships that formerly have been, at best, rotely learned. (JN)

By investigating their own family history, junior high school students see that their families played a part in some of the events chronicled in their history books and were influenced by them. Specific questions to help students study their personal histories are provided, and teaching procedures are suggested. (RM)

A Pride Month program with miniactivities and in-depth projects designed to help students take a serious look at themselves and their environment is suggested. Four themes for the month are offered: Pride in Self, School Pride, Community Pride, and National Pride. (MT)

After learning about two promising techniques for generating electricity--photovoltaic cells and wind energy conversion systems--secondary students analyze two maps of the United States showing solar radiation and available wind power to determine which U.S. regions have potential for these solar electric systems. (RM)

Presents computer and computer-related activities for young students. These include an activity demonstrating a sorting procedure for punched cards similar to those used by computers, a short Atari music program, an activity involving "bar codes" found on commercial products, and others. (JN)

To aid secondary-level students in understanding the Palestinian Arab-Israeli dispute, learning activities are suggested. (RM)