Described is a method of teaching mathematics using workcards. Detailed descriptions of materials used and of classroom organization are included. (MP)

Activities described for using zucchini to teach measurement include: guessing, graphing, and measuring length and weight; comparing sizes and shapes; and puzzles. (MP)

Some procedures used for teaching a learning-disabled child are suggested as good teaching practices for the regular classroom. (MP)

Directions are given for preparing a puzzle that may be used to provide practice in computation. (MP)

A mathematical derivation is given, developing the cardioid as an epicycloid locus. Curve-stitched designs are given for a family of epicycloids. (MP)

An example illustrates the role of a student as thinker and machine as doer. An algorithm carried out by hand is faster than the computer algorithm. (MP)

Considers carefully what might interest and engage students and uses activities and questions that will enable them to see how a topic can unfold and be dealt with in depth. (Author/RK)

Few students know how to direct and sustain the type of listening essential both in school and daily life. Since success in school is closely related to understanding oral directions and spoken information, listening skills are crucial for each student's education. Here are some ideas designed to develop listening skills. (Author/RK)

Discusses some problems of reading expression, i.e., translating written symbols and words into easily verbalized sentences, and provides some guides and activities that may be used to avoid or remediate them. (Author/RK)

Tells about an assignment in a technical writing course, in which students are presented with a hypothetical problem faced by a business corporation; they then work in groups to write memos detailing possible solutions to the problem. (GW)

This article describes an experimental curriculum for kindergarten based on the assumption that systematic participation in formal dramatics will improve the verbal ability of the child. Dramatic experiences are offered in sequential order. (CM)

Two exercises are described for teaching about perception and knowledge in an introductory sociology course. One involves the use of a series of anomalous playing cards; the other uses a series of printed statements. Both force the students to experience perception and knowledge as socially constructed and problematic. (Author)

Continuing education programs operate year-round at hundreds of colleges and universities, and most focus soberly on solid academic subjects, especially in the summer. The author describes some of the courses being taught throughout the United States. (Author/RK)

The authors discuss how language acquisition and development activities can be developed with the mentally retarded through the use of National Wildlife Conservation Stamps. (SBH)

Describes various movement activities through which young children may discover topological relationships which provide a foundation for their growing understanding of space. (CM)