Designed for the student who has completed the geometry series in the Quinmester Program, this guidebook on minimum course content provides an investigation of challenging mathematical activities which are not usually developed in other mathematics courses. The content includes brainteasers, puzzles, and game theory. Overall course objectives are…

Education and classroom materials for young children are listed which aim at imposing as little as possible between the child and the act of involvement and which are open ended and have the capacity for extension to many applications. Materials are illustrated: rationales and suggestions for their use are provided; supplier's names and prices are…

This book was prepared for elementary and secondary school students and teachers to promote the 1976 Olympics in Canada through the educational media. It is written in both French and English. Five subject categories are covered: Communications; Sciences; Social Sciences; Arts; and Physical Education. These subjects are addressed to students in…

Describes activities that use jigsaw puzzles for vocabulary building and positive reinforcement and in-class book publishing to motivate high school remedial readers. (AEA)

Many schools require that the U.S. history course be taught in English so that second language learners from all language groups can participate on an equal footing. Described are activities which will make the textbook more comprehensible to these pupils for whom English is a second language. (RM)

Learning activities based on a geometrical puzzle that consists of rearranging triangles and trapezoids are used to teach concepts involving area. (MP)

A sample of a geometry word puzzle is presented as an enrichment and learning activity that has been used successfully in a mathematics classroom. (MP)

Proposes lotto games as a source of problems and exercises for classroom activities as well as applications of basic probability concepts in a practical setting which leads to a greater understanding of the remote chance anyone has of winning a lottery game. (KHR)

Describes a simulation using dice-tossing students in a population cluster to model the growth of cancer cells. This growth is recorded in a scatterplot and compared to an exponential function graph. (KHR)

Presented is a game using different types of dominoes that represents growth of seeds from the beginning of the universe. Included are diagrams of the types of seeds, instructions, and examples of the game play. (KR)

Illustrated are three proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. Information for instruction is provided. (YP)

Described are plans for the construction of seven three-dimensional puzzle pieces from wooden cubes. Provides examples of figures and lists 10 references. (YP)

Reviewed are 15 studies on cognitive style and problem solving in science education. The effects of problem context, problem type, and three kinds of cognitive style on subjects' abilities to encounter and solve problems are investigated. Three protocols of the subjects' encountering activities are provided. (YP)

Explains how school library media specialists can create and use crostic puzzles to help sixth graders learn references skills. Teaching basic reference skills and research skills is discussed with emphasis on index skills, and three sample crostic puzzles (with answers) are provided. (LRW)

Explores how teachers can support English-language learners in learning mathematics. Uses discourse perspective to analyze participation in mathematical discussions. Examines a lesson from a third-grade mathematics discussion of the geometric shapes of a tangram puzzle. Contains 20 references. (ASK)