Presents four short mathematics problems. (MKR)

Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

This study provides a quantitative approach to analyzing college students' levels of self-actualization. Specifically, it addresses the distinction between students from non-rural and rural hometowns relative to their level of self-actualization. Students from five public state schools, in one Midwestern state, were surveyed. Self-actualization…

Providing a general framework for local curriculum development, the guide is intended to assist industrial arts teachers and public school administrators in situations where a comprehensive curriculum development effort is undertaken, a new industrial arts curriculum is being developed, or an existing program is being revised. Four phases of…

Describes activities and projects to illustrate the principles of photography and film: photographic paintings, thaumatropes, kineographs, and so on. (KS)

Two mathematics activities are presented for deaf primary and middle/high school students. Activities are concept based; require student participation; use concrete materials; have a controlled vocabulary and language level; and provide for active, searching, and questioning involvement. (CL)

Pets can provide valuable learning for handicapped children, but selection of a type of pet should consider cost, availability and care, parents' attitudes, locality, the animal's susceptibility to training, pet's life expectancy, and the child's handicap and emotional maturity. Suggested pet-related activities are listed. (CL)

Presents an activity to help students sight-read rhythm notation. (SJL)

This technology education activity will allow the students to observe acoustical energy and will put them in a problem-solving situation where they must use the movement of a sound-activated diaphragm to perform another activity. (Author)

Presents six mathematics problems: factors of patterned numbers, tessellations, scrabble, semigrams, quickies, and dissections. (MKR)

Describes "fraction flags", an activity through which fraction concepts can be explored. The activity was invented by 2 12-year-old students and this article is presented with emphasis on the students' viewpoint. It begins with an overview of the fractions unit and presents vignettes of students exploring the fraction flags. (AIM)

The benefits of using games in instructing learning disability students are pointed out, and some games that can be played with a deck of learning cards are outlined to illustrate several methods that can be used with a single set of materials. (SBH)

From the late 1940s through the 1970s the belief that we were being visited by intelligent guests from other worlds swept the United States and the world. Discusses how materials generated by the unidentified flying objects controversy can be used to encourage secondary students to examine a popular topic. (RM)

Activities are presented to help gifted students overcome the fear of public speaking. Activities include exercises to improve confidence and understand the principles of effective public speaking. (CL)

"Metaphor Monopoly," a variation of the popular board game for hearing impaired high school students focuses on understanding common metaphors. (CL)