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Roberts, Patricia L. – 1990
Counting books offer children the time and the tools to develop the understanding needed to solve problems. Stimulated by these books, children may use mathematic language and talk about mathematics as they get involved with materials to move and manipulate, as they use supportive aids found in illustrations, and as they interact with materials to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Computation, Concept Formation
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1977
Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed in this publication. Three of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, seven with topics in mathematics instruction (problem solving, weight, quadratic inequalities, probability and statistics, area and volume conservation, cardinality), five with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Secondary Education

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1987
Reports on the progress of a project designed to establish both a research agenda for mathematics education and a conceptual framework for such an undertaking. Describes four conferences which have been organized to consider teaching problem solving, effective teaching, teaching and learning algebra, and middle school number concepts. (TW)
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Curriculum

Suydam, Marilyn N.; Brosnan, Patricia A. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1994
Annotated listing of research summaries, articles, and dissertations in mathematics education reported in 1993. Grade or age levels are indicated for each citation. Articles and dissertations are indexed by mathematics education topic. Includes a list of the journals searched. (427 citations) (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Attitudes, Calculators