Add to ORKGAmong the ever-increasing changes in today's fast-moving world, the metric system of measurement is becoming more prominently used. This presents a challenge to educators to take responsibility in preparing students to deal with new terms and methods which at first are foreign to them. The author is grateful to the 28 students who participated in this study of the effectiveness of a metric unit in a selected secondary home economics class.Home Economics Educatio
Home Economics majors are pulled in many directions. Some of us go into business, others into educat...
Little research has been undertaken on how units of measurement are understood, though they arecommo...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61)This project discusses the development and use of a...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the metric knowledge of students enrolled in on-campus hom...
The purpose of the present study was to develop a Metric Length self-instructional program to teach ...
Purpose of the Study In the near future the United States will be on a metric system, the one propos...
The purpose of this study was to obtain information from Industrial Education teachers in Utah conce...
An informational fact sheet, Metric Units for Everyday Use, is free upon request from the U.S. Metri...
Because this home economics teacher had a desire to become involved with the new trends in education...
A description is provided of the scope of the metrication process, the curricular changes it will br...
Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold: 1. To compare three instructional strategies for teac...
This article is the first in a series discussing the wide spectrum of metric units. Metric education...
A beginning teacher is confronted daily with new and challenging classroom situations. Both consciou...
Many teachers in their formative years have a balance between their academic subject field and metho...
We all meet units of measurement in various areas throughout life. First we encounter them at school...
Home Economics majors are pulled in many directions. Some of us go into business, others into educat...
Little research has been undertaken on how units of measurement are understood, though they arecommo...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61)This project discusses the development and use of a...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the metric knowledge of students enrolled in on-campus hom...
The purpose of the present study was to develop a Metric Length self-instructional program to teach ...
Purpose of the Study In the near future the United States will be on a metric system, the one propos...
The purpose of this study was to obtain information from Industrial Education teachers in Utah conce...
An informational fact sheet, Metric Units for Everyday Use, is free upon request from the U.S. Metri...
Because this home economics teacher had a desire to become involved with the new trends in education...
A description is provided of the scope of the metrication process, the curricular changes it will br...
Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold: 1. To compare three instructional strategies for teac...
This article is the first in a series discussing the wide spectrum of metric units. Metric education...
A beginning teacher is confronted daily with new and challenging classroom situations. Both consciou...
Many teachers in their formative years have a balance between their academic subject field and metho...
We all meet units of measurement in various areas throughout life. First we encounter them at school...
Home Economics majors are pulled in many directions. Some of us go into business, others into educat...
Little research has been undertaken on how units of measurement are understood, though they arecommo...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61)This project discusses the development and use of a...