Preschool children's problem-solving strategies on structured and unstructured number tasks were compared in this study. Participants were 20 four-years-olds and 20 five-year-olds. Each child was administered a number conservation, addition and subtraction, and division task. The addition and subtraction task contained trials which were designed…

This document explains the curriculum development notation system for the Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) schools to ensure that the legal requirements for education are met. Tenth grade geography is used to explain how to cluster the notations into a coherent system that provides curriculum area, course title, unit title, and generalization. This…

The community-oriented colleges and universities have potential to experiment in a dynamic living-learning environment. This alternative system can do more to respond to the needs of a majority of the people than any traditional institution. (Author)

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to do long division to remainders. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be…

The document presents a criterion referenced test of basic math skills, including division, multiplication, addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals, time, and measurement. (DLS)

In this paper, the United States' foreign policy with regard to normalization of relations with mainland China and the implications of various normalization strategies is discussed. Failures in Kissinger's policy (fixation upon super-actors, but neglect of regional powers and the attitude that Taiwan was disposable) are identified. The effects of…

A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM INITIATED AT CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO DEAL WITH THE ACADEMIC AND HUMAN DETERIORATION OF STUDENTS IS DESCRIBED. A COMPARISON OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STUDENTS WITH A MATCHED CONTROL GROUP FROM REGULAR CASES REVEALED THAT THE "CONTROLS" DID NOT IMPROVE AND, IN FACT, OFTEN SHOWED FURTHER DETERIORATION,…

This document presents a speech by the President of Florida International University concerning the creation of the institution. Florida International is an upper-level college located outside of Miami. The institution has been innovative in its physical structure as well as in its educational philosophy. Located at the site of the abandoned…

In an effort to facilitate student mobility in Massachusetts higher education for two-year college students to the upper division of four-year institutions, the Massachusetts Transfer Review Council initiated a Commonwealth Transfer Compact. The policy statement indicates that an associate degree from any community college signatory to the CTC…

A study was conducted to determine if the tendency for faculty members of higher rank to receive the highest ratings on the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) remained when variables such as class size and course level were taken into account. The relationship between CEQ ratings and instructor's rank, class size, and level of course…

This essay is an inquiry into the nature of the world order. The author presents a challenging perspective of modern international affairs by discussing the characteristics of the city-state, nation-state, and world-state from the times of the Greeks to the present. (Author/RM)

Discusses the present hierarchy of chemical education levels in Great Britain and proposed changes to this structure. (MLH)

This method of teaching the division of fractions emphasizes the use of concrete materials and helps students understand what division of fractions means. (MP)

This is the fourth and concluding article in a series on using mathematical techniques from history to provide an interesting way for middle graders to practice math. (Editor)