In Japan, most of children haven’t read children’s story (Fairy tales or tales of old Japan) because the high technology video games are more exciting than most of picture books. But they must be effective to bring up the children’s cultivation of aesthetic sensitivity. And we have heard from teachers of elementary schools that most of themes of computer education in school are the operation of...

Studies about the universe are exciting for children in elementary and junior high schools. They approach such work with energy and curiosity but they also hold naïve ideas that may be difficult to dislodge. Schools now can obtain access to scientific-grade telescopes for educational purposes via the Internet. Using students’ questions as a basis for projects, teachers can provide first-hand sc...

Why not set the cutoff score at 70 percent? That score has been used as passing throughout elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college. Most people are familiar with a 70 percent cutoff because of our experiences in the school system. If a score has been used for so long as a standard, why change it? Why challenge it? I have heard judges, administrators, attorneys, and analy...

This elementary work on Physiology is intended to present the more important facts and principles of Physiology in a concise and intelligible form to junior students. The book is divided into twenty chapters. The general anatomy and structures of the body and its organs are described as far as this is necessary to the proper understanding of their functions. There is also included some account ...