THIS PAPER, CONSISTING OF A COLLECTION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING IDEAS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES, IS A COMPILATION OF THOSE FOUND TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE BY THE CONTRIBUTING TEACHERS IN THE 1967-68 CENTRAL IOWA LOW-ACHIEVER MATHEMATICS PROJECT. THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER ARE INTENDED FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF…

THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER OF THIS PAMPHLET EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE SPECIFIC USEFULNESS OF VARIOUS TEACHING AIDS. SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO EACH OF THE AREAS OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM, INCLUDING (1) SOCIAL STUDIES, (2) LANGUAGE ARTS, (3) SCIENCE,…

This aviation occupations guide is designed for use as a unit as well as in conjunction with an aviation careers package of material that contains a film strip and recording. Chapter One contains the script of the film strip, Aviation--Where Career Opportunities are Bright, and includes all photographs used in the film strip plus numerous…

The materials listed in this catalog were collected by a committee of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development from school systems, state departments of education, institutions of higher education, and educational organizations in the United States and Canada. The listing contains 1750 publications and some audiovisual materials…

This teaching guide is one of a series developed by the Curriculum Research and Development Group at the University of Hawaii. The program is laboratory and field oriented for elementary students. The focus of study for the project is the plant and animal life and the physical components of the Hawaiian environment, and their ecological…

This manual is designed to enable teachers to use the four DIAL A-L-C-O-H-O-L films with maximum effect. While students will learn a great deal just by viewing them, it is essential to involve students in preparatory and follow-up activities using the issues and facts presented in the films. The manual provides the following materials to help use…

The author discusses uses and sources of photographs as effective teaching aids in social studies classrooms. Pictures are not new among learning resources, but they adapt well to new focuses in social studies education. One third of the pamphlet explains how photographs can enhance learning. They can promote discovery learning, concept…

This paper provides a topical listing of readings on Asia (mostly by Asians). This compilation was undertaken by the Asia Society Textbook Evaluation Project as a service to teachers and curriculum developers looking for materials on Asia for courses in a wide range of fields. In-depth evaluations of the readings are not made. Among the fifty-six…

Too few journalism graduates know anything about the problems of management; yet, the higher one rises in the newsroom, the more one must develop managerial skills and talents. This resource guide to teaching materials for college courses in publication management lists books, articles, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials under the following…

Intended for local school district and state education agency personnel, the resource manual provides a guide for placement committees to follow in fulfilling their responsibilities, especially in developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped children, and a guide for those responsible for training placement committees in…

The purpose of this outline is to give teachers and counselors general information on the vocational utility of foreign language skills, on the assumption that this information will help to increase and maintain enrollment in foreign language classes. Information is divided into two basic categories: "language important careers" and "language…

The workshop resource manual provides a general approach and specific strategies to train and assist preschool and Head Start teachers in implementing a model of services for identifying, programing for, and evaluating the handicapped child in the classroom. Unit I examines the process of planning and implementing technical assistance activities…

This manual is designed to familiarize law students with the Legal Research Service (LEXIS), inform them of policies and procedures at the Tarlton Law School, and act as a reference tool by providing information on LEXIS not readily available elsewhere. A self-paced training manual workbook designed to assist students in developing skills needed…

This resource review provides information on a wide range of mathematical aids currently available to teachers in Queensland (Australia) primary schools, and is arranged in the form of a report about each aid. The aids are classified as general aids, specific aids, or games. Each report contains details regarding suppliers and costs, a photograph…

This booklet is intended to serve as a basic guide for home economics teachers in adjusting classwork to the metric system. Reproducible student activity sheets constitute a major part of the publication. Teaching suggestions for introducing the metric system are given along with a discussion of the metric units. Also included are lists of student…