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Cubes: Building Algebraic Thinking with Progressive Patterns.
Willcutt, Bob – 1995
The books in this series provide an essential ingredient in the transition from concrete mathematical experience to the symbolic reasoning used in algebra. They aim to guide the student in building and extending manipulative patterns, collecting numerical data, and analyzing the results. The main objective of the activities in this book is for the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Pattern Recognition
Rectangular Numbers.
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Meyer, Ruth Ann; Riley, James E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1986
This activity is designed to help students recognize and extend rectangular patterns and to use patterning to formulate rules for "nth" cases. Three worksheets are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Pattern Recognition
Ideas.
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Gallant, Inge; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Four worksheets for levels one-eight are included. Practice on addition, multiplication, fractions and decimals, and integers is provided through activities involving puzzling patterns. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computation, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Activities: Estimate and Calculate.
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Ockenga, Earl; Duea, Joan – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
Three worksheets are given that use calculators to free students from computational restrictions and allow them to focus on the recognition of patterns and the application of numeration concepts in the development of their estimation skills. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Estimation (Mathematics), Instructional Materials
Number Activities for Primary Grades.
Lindeman, Donna – 1980
This booklet offers teacher instructions and student worksheets on number activities for gifted primary grade students. Three sections are included: (1) "moving numbers" which asks students to supply the missing member or members of addition and subtraction equations; (2) "number trails," which involve the completion of number…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Addition, Graphs, Instructional Materials
Activities: Some Discoveries with Right-Rectangular Prisms.
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Reys, Robert E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Presented are problem-solving experiences with area, volume, and algebraic expresssions resulting from data collection. Three worksheets are included for students in grades 7-12. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algebra, Area, Geometric Concepts, Instructional Materials
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Coburn, Terrence G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Four worksheets designed to be used with calculators are presented. For levels 1-2, counting is the focus; levels 3-4, estimation; levels 5-6, use of memory keys; and for levels 7-8, patterns. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Activities: Periodic Pictures.
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Hirsch, Christian R., Ed.; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1987
Activities to extend the core curriculum through the study of the periodicity of rational numbers to help students develop calculator and research skills are presented. Four worksheets are included, to be used as discovery activities. A computer program is listed, as well as examples of periodic pictures. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Instructional Materials
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Duncan, David R.; Litwiller, Bonnie H. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
Practice on computation is provided using new and novel situations, with discovery of number patterns a bonus of the computation. Activities with disguised addition and multiplication tables for whole numbers and integers are presented for varying levels. (MNS)
Descriptors: Addition, Computation, Drills (Practice), Elementary School Mathematics