This manual consists of an introduction to our Academic Peer Instruction (API) program at LaGuardia Community College, a compilation of the materials we have developed and use for training of our tutors (with answers), and a bibliography. API is based on an internationally recognized peer tutoring program, Supplemental Instruction. (Contains 6…

The rubrics presented in this report represent an evaluation system for objects found within Open Education Resources. An object could include images, applets, lessons, units, assessments and more. For the purpose of this evaluation, any component that can exist as a stand-alone qualifies as an object. The rubrics in this packet can be applied…

Introduces a problem that can be used to help children develop graph sense. Involves two graphs of which students must determine which one applies to which situation. (KHR)

The goal of this pamphlet is to provide instructors of various scientific disciplines with mathematically accurate graphs of elementary polynomial functions. The figures in this pamphlet are intended to provide suitable material for the preparation of classroom handouts and overhead transparencies. In addition, sample sets of exercises are…

This first in a series on the programable calculator presents a chapter on the basic operations. The series is written for a particular calculator, Hewlett-Packard's HP-25. (MP)

Presents four questions (and provides answers) related to biology and chemistry. Items are concerned with genes, sodium transport, osmosis, and early earth history. (RH)

Describes a problem that appeared in the April, 1999 issue of this journal and analyzes student responses and misconceptions. The problem concerns exponential progressions. (KHR)

Presents five questions with answers regarding chemistry and living systems and ecology. (RH)

Presents questions and answers pertaining to yeast fermentation, oxygen content of the air, nutritional requirements of hot water bacteria, the hydrolysis of acetyl coenzyme A, and the stratified distribution of life in the Black Sea. (MLH)

A new set of problem cards intended to bridge the gap between Nuffield assignments in primary mathematics and secondary mathematics courses is described. (DT)

Questions and answers to biochemistry four topics are presented. Items include fatty acid synthesis, reaggregation of sponge cells, enzymic degradation of pollutants, and energy requirements of organisms. (RWH)

Three questions and answers involving chemistry are presented. Question one involves elimination of reptiles from the earth; the second considers chemical effects on taste acuity; the third relates to muzzle velocity of a projectile fired from a gun and temperatures inside the cartridge. (MLH)

Presents questions and answers about various chemical topics such as the supply of fossil fuels, mercury contamination of water, and lead and nitrous oxides emissions from gasoline. (MLH)

Describes an alternative method to algebraic procedures for solving problems involving the proportional composition of a mixture. (TS)