The aim of the author was to ascertain how well a Dutch approach to introducing probability into the elementary school curriculum could be attempted by English children. Classroom situations are described. (MN)

Describes the circumstances which provoked creative expression in writing by a seven-year-old in an English primary school, and discusses the school's flexible, humanistic environment. (BR)

A set of geometric pieces is used to solve problems involving geometry, combinations, division, and money. (JT)

Ideas, suggestions and activities for preschool through the early primary grades. (Editor)

The article defines and explores the problems concerning use of public lands by organized groups and makes recommendations for increasing the likelihood of continued use in the future. (NQ)

Mission: Division, to be used either as a game or as a classroom activity, stresses the steps of the long division algorithm. (JT)

A description is given of a classroom activity for grades seven through twelve which involves the construction of replicating polygons. Worksheets and solutions are provided. (MN)

Active involvement in metric measurement for students and teachers is suggested through a five-phase approach to learning stations which permit participation in making measurements. (JT)

The author argues the case for having students learn mathematics while developing mathematical models for real situations. Examples of mathematical models and modelling possibilities are given for various fields of interest. (MN)

Haywood Technical Institute's production crafts program has an instruction staff of craftsmen who are trained as teachers and as production craftsmen. Its students are inspired and given the full opportunity needed to become successful studio craftsmen. (Author/NQ)

Sixth-grade students received both structured and unstructured instruction on a physical science activity. Using test results, an analysis by treatment alone indicated that subjects achieved higher scores when taught in the structured mode. However, significant interactions of variables (type of activity and teacher) were also found. (MLH)

Describes an activity in which high school students learn about the Depression through the Pop Art of that era. Activity has students interview a relative or other person who lived at the time of the depression, produce five drawings depicting the experiences related to them by the interviewee, and exhibit the drawings in the classroom. (AEM)

Explores value areas in which wilderness experiences can provide youth with a counterbalance to technology's narrow categorization of what we should strive to be: our concept of intelligence, an "I need vs. I want" lifestyle, spectator vs. participant, and insulation from perceived risks. (NEC)

Describes northern Michigan's Pine River Camp Vision Quest four-day solo wilderness experience for 13- , 14- , and 15-year-olds based on Indian ceremonies to personalize and demarcate in a spiritual manner the questor's entrance into society as a fully responsible and mature adult. Reports experiences of 17 campers. (NEC)