By engaging students in community service projects, action learning uses resources of the real world to give students opportunities to participate in performing tasks and making decisions that confront societal problems. Such projects should be decided on after a study of the needs of the community. After a project is selected, all relevant…

The course in Applied Number is designed to be covered with the course in Pure Number (see SE 012 723 to 725). The aims of this course are stated to be: "the development of (1) comparison: as exemplified by measurement; (2) exploration of the environment; (3) skills: among these, estimation and computation; and (4) language: as a medium for…

This guide is a continuation of SE 012 726. Each section is organized under the same six headings: length, volume and capacity, weight, time, money, and spatial relations. A further section describes work on statistics and graphs which may be spread over the entire interval covered by this guide. A great number of activities are suggested, leading…

To increase the student's learning experience, it is necessary that the learning process should involve more than the usual learning by doing approach. Instead, students should be able to participate in a broader manner by experiencing the planning, building, and completion of an activity. (EC)

Based on an analysis of responses from baccalaureate programs evaluating life experiences, a basis for a student fee system is developed, and the cost implications of alternative processes are explored. Practices at several institutions are reported. (Author/LBH)

Eight geometric construction problems with some unusual constraints are presented and then solved using only an unmarked straightedge and a compass. (JT)

A mathematical card game, based on the actual card game, is described for providing practice with positive and negative numbers. (JT)

A mother recounts her gifted seven-year old daughter's self-initiated summer educational and creative pursuits, focusing on American Indian life. She notes the importance of encouraging self-initiation and self-direction in gifted children by providing new experiences and supporting the child's interests and involvements. (CB)

Elementary school children who are exposed to a concrete, hands-on experience in algebraic linear equations will more readily develop a positive mind-set and expectation for success in later formal, algebraic studies. (CB)

Traces the history of how Mid-Kent College of Higher and Further Education (England) reacted to the Manpower Services Commission "TRIST" (Technical and Vocational Education Initiative-related Inservice Training) arrangements letter. The college provided a program designed and negotiated with the local education authority before it…

Outdoor learning activities often cause problems in class control. Organizing children into game-playing activities that emphasize ecological and biological themes helps reinforce learning with play. Several activities are described. (DF)

This article describes a project which required students to write assessment items for a personality inventory. The 104 items generated were administered to 126 subjects. Results showed the items were reasonably reliable and valid. The pedagogical value of the project is discussed. (Author/JDH)

The author presents a diagrammatic model of experiential learning and how it can be facilitated. His declared intention is to present an account of ongoing experiences and of the development of his own thinking, as a stimulus for the further development of readers who facilitate experimental learning. (Author/CH)

Tells leaders how to design debriefing and processing sessions that allow outdoor education participants to integrate learning and achieve closure to experiences by setting aside time to reflect; asking proper questions; planning appropriate reflective activities; assessing collective and individual needs of group; and balancing variety,…

Questions why teachers persist in using red-ink pencils to mark students' papers. Draws parallels between psychological impact of red ink and associations with blood, violence, and horror. (NEC)