This booklet is a revised edition of Donovan Johnson's "Paper Folding for the Mathematics Class" (ED 077 711). It begins with directions for folding basic constructions such as as a straight line, the line perpendicular to a given line passing through a given point, and the bisector of an angle. Subsequent chapters cover concepts related to…

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the relationships between and among classroom organization, self-concept, and reading achievement. Of the 12 classrooms used in the sample, six were organized according to traditional patterns, six were activity-centered. Traditional classrooms were those in which the curriculum and…

Directions and materials for 57 mathematical games and activities are provided in this commercially-prepared package. Suggested use is with pre-school through third grade levels. General content areas include functions and graphs, geometry, logical thinking, measurement, numbers and operations, problem solving, sets, and statistics and…

A study was done to see if a teacher-guided, sequentially-arranged program of instruction for kindergarten children used in addition to a regular classroom program is more effective in producing general intellectual gains and specified behavioral characteristics than two instructional alternatives. These alternatives were (1) participation in a…

"Rocks" is a prototype kit of rock specimens, demonstration materials and activities for 5th and 6th grade classes to use over a two-week period. It is designed to allow students to discover that rocks were not always the same as they are today, that rocks contain clues to the changes they have undergone, what life on earth was like…

This is a teacher-developed guide for use with a unit on measurement in the elementary school. Contents are organized under the three main headings of awareness, English units, and metric units. Objectives are stated, accompanied by a description of suggested implementation activities. Also included are the relationship of the activity to a…

This booklet is a collection of activities and games designed to supplement textbook and other instructional materials in an elementary school mathematics program. The selected activities propose to stimulate learning and enhance attitudes. Some provide practice with number facts; others explore various topics such as probability. The emphasis is…

The relationship of training in and performance on open-ended vs. closed-ended math lab activities to the divergent thinking ability of 82 preservice elementary teachers was investigated. On the basis of scores on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, the subjects were divided into three groups of divergent thinking ability. One-half of each…

A collection of articles from the ARITHMETIC TEACHER is presented which are about practical, classroom-tested ideas for the instruction and use of teacher-made instructional aids. These entries deal only with manipulative type aids. They have been selected for the clarity of purpose and relationship to contemporary topics in the elementary school…

This series of activity units was written especially for elementary school teachers in Massachusetts. The material is divided into units--glaciation, topographic maps, parts of a flower, wildflowers, bog ecology, insects, freshwater flora, and marine ecology--many of which would be of interest to teachers in other locales. An annotated…

This resource guide was written to help teachers prepare students for a tour of the Lightship Chesapeake in Washington, D.C. However, much of the information would be useful in any unit on marine biology and water pollution. A glossary of nautical terms is included as well as possible laboratory assignments and related activities in such areas as…

Suggestions designed to aid those who work with young children, in particular, the day care workers, are provided. Following the booklet's introductory material, the following subjects are discussed: Language in the Day Care Center (Crib Babies--birth to six months; Six Months to 12 Months; Toddlers--one to two years old; and Over Two Years); Room…

This collection includes a list of suppliers, prices, and descriptions of commercially available teaching materials classified into the five categories of attribute games, basic structural materials, basic operations, geometry, and measurement; suggestions for using "junk" materials and for developing and selecting task cards; and checklists for…

The Quinmester course "How to Study" is designed to help the students learn techniques of studying, such as organizing time, planning a procedure, and completing the assignment. The student examines a variety of test questions, practices taking sample tests, and analyzes the results. The course is a workshop in which the student…

The study attempted to determine the extent to which a mathematics laboratory would enable both slow and gifted learners to gain in achievement in mathematics and to develop more positive attitudes toward mathematics. On the basis of ability, achievement in school, and results on the California Achievement Test, 75 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade…