Uses experiences with remedial readers to urge that reading must have a purpose--one purpose ultimately linked to the need for beauty, humor, and order. (MM)

Instead of deciding what should be taught, music educators should allow students to discover what they know about music. A project that requires students to compose musical commercials and a project that requires students to invent a notation system for writing music allow students to discover answers instead of memorizing them. (Author/AM)

The process of investigating some of the properties of diagonals and other geometric concepts with a group of 11-year-old girls is presented. Possible changes that could have been made in the lesson are discussed, and examples of individual student work are provided. (MP)

A teacher reflects on the choice of books available for high school students that will reflect their own interests and concerns. (HOD)

Typical difficulties involved in solving combinatorial problems are examined and seven common pitfalls are discussed. (MP)

Considers how elementary school classroom teachers can employ exploration methods (gathering, evaluation, and synthesis of data related to a specific topic) to help students develop readiness for intellectually complex problem solving. (Author/DB)

The purpose of the article is to expand on one kind of conceptual conflict, contradiction, to illustrate how it might be used in a junior high school educational context. Presents an example relating to concepts of evolutionary development and explains how teachers can expand on examples presented. (DB)

Presents activities for discovering and exploring sound in the environment and for creating a "musical" composition from everyday sounds. (SJL)

The inquiry approach to learning is based on three phases. The exploratory phase encourages students to investigate a particular topic; the invention phase asks students to consider what they have learned; the final phase assists students in discovering the inadequacies of their inventions. (JN)

Emphasizes the responsibility of eliminating unacceptable levels of safety risks in outdoor education programs, without destroying opportunities for challenging experiences that allow the spontaneity and freedom of movement necessary for the development of self-reliance and self-growth for students. (JD)

Some classroom uses for magic triangles are illustrated and discussed. (MK)

Suggestions are given on planning successful field trips and using current events, public and personal, as educational tools. (JD)

No significant interaction was found between the field independent cognitive style and the level of guidance in mathematics instruction in a study involving prospective elementary school teachers. (Editor)

The role of language in learning mathematics is discussed. A variety of philosophical essays and research findings are cited as the author argues for the importance of language as a tool for understanding and creativity in mathematics. (SD)