Developed in an attempt to clarify the concept of agribusiness and intended for use with its companion document, "Teaching the Meaning and Importance of Agribusiness," this manual is designed to assist youth in understanding the magnitude of agribusiness, and shows that agribusiness involves the removal of traditional farm functions to off-farm…

Briefly discusses what time means to an American Indian. (NQ)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the process of change within a construct as it undergoes either weakening by invalidation or strengthening by validation. Furthermore, this process was considered in terms of affective versus nonaffective constructs in order to determine whether invalidated affective constructs are more subject to…

Emphasizing the value of the "group home concept" as a means of providing correctional rehabilitation for adolescents, this article describes the development of a West Virginia youth center by three sociology students. (JC)

This activity unit provides an example of how the construction and interpretation of graphs can be incorporated into elementary classroom activities. (MP)

Five reasons are discussed for teaching estimation involving utility, problem solving, concept formation, calculations, and attitude. Specific types of estimation are analyzed and examples given. (MP)

A management consultant discusses distinctions between management and leadership and between style and behavior, and cites some theories of leadership style and behavior. (MF)

Different types of understandings are presented as different facets of the development of the mental processes. (MP)

Parents should stop teaching preschoolers to say "one, two, three, four" and challenge them to see and think groups. School administrators, teachers, teachers of teachers, and textbook writers should pitch that number line in the trash and allow students to learn how to learn by thinking groups. (Author/JC)

A device is described that aids students in doing percentage problems. (MP)

Data analysis revealed that a post-organizer had a significant facilitating effect on immediate free-recall in a controlled lecture in college statistics, but no effect on immediate content recognition or delayed free-recall. (MP)

The purpose of this investigation was to test extensions of a model of concept learning. The investigators examined the applicability of a mathematical model to the learning of selected science concepts. Findings suggest that certain extensions of the model may apply for a complex concept identification task. (Author/MA)

Conjecture and proof, as opposed to numerical calculation, are presented as being the primary focus for teaching mathematics. (MP)

This presidential address to the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers discusses some problems surrounding the teaching of mathematics and argues for an approach that would blend together the learning and applying of mathematics. (MP)

An integrated and gradual approach to teaching the metric system is suggested, as opposed to presenting the entire system at once. (MP)