Presented are several word and sentence puzzles, both simple and complex, for student use. All involve various-shaped grids made up of squares for letter or word fill-ins. (Author/SJL)

Supports and give examples of adding visual aids to problem-solving activities in language classroom through which teacher will inject a recreational element into learning process, foster verbal learning, and stimulate communicative interaction. (Author/BK)

Describes a calculus review game based on the popular game show "Wheel of Fortune." (Author/NB)

Describes how using the familiar "Magic Triangle" puzzle with a class of 4th grade students contributed to the development of a supportive mathematical community. (Author/NB)

Provides a crossword puzzle for social studies students. Offers clues based upon early Canadian history. Invites teachers to submit their own puzzles. (SG)

Presents four puzzles for mathematics classrooms. Recommends that recreational mathematics should be incorporated into the standard curriculum as a way to interest young students in the wonders of mathematics. (ASK)

Four activities consisting of puzzles are introduced, which help students to recognize the strength of algebraic generalizations. They also assist them to comprehend algebraic concepts, and enable them to develop their individual puzzles and games.

CAPTCHAs are images used on the internet by companies that want to block computer programs from their site. This article presents a method for solving some of these puzzles.

This article describes a method of solution that Ramanujan may have used in solving the following puzzle: The number of a house is both the sum of the house numbers below it on the street and the sum of those above it. (The houses on a street are numbered consecutively, starting with 1.)

I present some key ideas and examples of (mainly French) work in the didactics of mathematics with the aim of identifying the didactics approach to education in relation to more general approaches. In particular I discuss three crucial features of didactics: (1) its epistemological character, i.e. the central focus on specific knowledge in…

Children's problem solving while working by themselves or with a partner was investigated to explore whether young children are susceptible to social facilitation and social loafing. Five-year-olds were asked to complete easy or hard puzzles, either alone or with a partner. Half of the children were given instructions indicating that their…

This guide contains the preparation instructions and rules for 18 games designed to teach new skills, add variety, create enthusiasm, and reinforce already-learned skills for first- and second-semester Forkner shorthand students. Divided into three sections, this booklet includes: (1) the instructions, rules, and word lists for 10 games that can…

The quality of representations of nine spatial arrays varying in transparency and occlusion was observed in order to test the generalization that younger children are concerned about the ambiguity of their representations and to observe the influence of a change in the medium used to create the representations. Children 5, 7, and 9 years old…

Four authors present crossword and wordfind puzzles developed for students in the areas of electricity, principles of hydraulics, finishing, construction, thermoplastic materials, patternmaking, wood, occupations, and drafting. (BP)