Three worksheets provide exercises involving triangular arrays of numbers. (SD)

Indicates that to explore the relationship between the teaching of science and mathematics in the secondary school, it is necessary to examine the basic issues of the curriculum in some depth. Examines the justifications for the school curriculum and the distinguishing characteristics of physics and mathematics. (GS)

In a study of problem solving by primary students, the investigator found that the most important factor was teacher expectation. The conduct of the study is described, with some rationale and sample questioning sequences included. (SD)

Mathematics should be taught in everday terms, not as a series of wispy, bloodless abstractions. (Editor)

New approaches to materials use in school shops, developed by a British design and craft education project, place skills in a meaningful social context. Students' work has been redefined; they contract-in to decision-making areas: work, home, leisure, and community. Teachers develop sensitivity to the pupil's consciousness. (Author/AJ)

New York State teachers who had taught a computer-based mathematics course were surveyed regarding their conceptions of what topics such a course should cover. A common core of content was determined. (SD)

This article concerns an attempt to develop an interdisciplinary environment-oriented program in a Canadian graduate school. A problem-solving approach was utilized in a study of the environmental aspects of the pulp and paper industry. The success of this project coincided with a growing interdisciplinary trend in other universities. (MA)

A self-instructional program on decision making was used in conjunction with workshops to introduce the staff of an instructional materials company to the decision tree process as they used it to study their own film production problem. (Author/MS)

Students, playing the game described, develop strategies for guessing the four-digit number chosen by the opponent. The rules of the game are easily understood by low achievers, yet strategy development is challenging to advanced students. The game can be extended to numbers having more digits. (SD)

The first school district in the nation established within the confines of a State adult penal institution offers hands-on vocational training to 17,000 inmates (approximately half participate) in 32 subjects, 880 class hours each. Placement service, problem-solving rap groups, and human relations workshops for instructors help keep recidivism…

Applying and adapting a variety of appropriate heuristic strategies is one of the accepted standards of problem solving (NCTM, 2000). Thinking through a solution to a non-routine mathematical task, experts in problem solving call into play many sophisticated strategies (almost) without conscious efforts, while novices need to be taught how to do…

Data on intrafamily power relations, obtained by observing the interaction of husband-wife-child groups during a laboratory problem-solving session, are related to ratings of marital happiness. Families above the median in husband-to-wife power tend to be high in marital happiness. (Author)

Offers guidelines for setting up a science fair, establishes criteria for project evaluation and discusses judging and awards. (BR)