Three activities are provided for introducing career education into the mathematics classroom as well as the rationale for doing so. (JT)

Four alternatives to the traditional testing and grading procedures are described. (JT)

A word game is suggested for use as an informal introduction to proofs. (JT)

Divisibility facts, greatest common divisors, least common multiples, and relative primes are explored through the use of lattice diagrams. (JT)

A motivational game providing practice in computing and problem solving is described. (JT)

A unique magic hexagon, which can be used to help improve students' computational skills, is presented. (JT)

A system similar to the slope method of graphing a linear equation is described for graphing parabolas. (JT)

Three experiments which use probabilities to approximate pi are described. (JT)

Low achievers get involved in intuitive mathematics by discovering geometric relationships through the use of pentamino puzzles. (JT)

Through the use of sequences, geometric progressions and permutations, the author investigates some interesting and unusual questions concerning the number of moves required by each disc in solving the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. (JT)

Meterological information is used to develop a mathematical function resembling the sine function. (JT)

An application of the formula for finding the sum of an infinite geometric series is described through the use of Pierre Fermat's method for finding the area under a curve. (JT)

The central limit theorem is demonstrated in a simple, unsophisticated manner through three experiments. (JT)

An example of poor teaching techniques leads to a list of teaching errors to be considered by instructors. (JT)

Ways are suggested in which economists and applied mathematicians construct and use models to study the economy. Several models are developed, each accompanied by a BASIC computer program to test its assumptions. (DT)