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Peer reviewedRobicheaux, Ray T. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Discusses a problem in which students are asked to determine a way of cutting the corners off different denominations of paper currency enabling visually impaired individuals to distinguish between the bills with the condition that further cuts will not increase the value of the bills. Reconstructs a solution from classroom experiences. (MDH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedRogish, Jacqueline M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Describes how to organize and implement a mathematics club. Sections include information for getting started, how to run a typical meeting, organizing a mathematics week, sponsoring a "Family Night," and identifying things to avoid. (25 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedLivingstone, Isobel L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Activities, Arithmetic, Enrichment Activities, Fundamental Concepts
Peer reviewedJacobson, Marilyn – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
This activity unit provides an example of how the construction and interpretation of graphs can be incorporated into elementary classroom activities. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedRuderman, Harry D. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Activities, Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedFernhoff, Robert – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Activities, Banking, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedRosser, Barbara – Arithmetic Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Class Activities, Elementary School Mathematics, Games
Peer reviewedGreen, Dianne M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
An activity unit is described that helps children recognize the inside and outside of closed curves. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
Peer reviewedBeattie, Ian D. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
Enrichment activities are scrutinized and three criteria are derived: improvement, ornamental, or fertilization. Four stages of responses to such activities are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creativity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedEnman, Virginia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
A seven-day unit on probability used an experimental game-oriented approach, which allowed students the opportunity to draw conclusions from experiments in which interest was high. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Games
Peer reviewedZytkowski, Richard Thomas – Arithmetic Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Activities, Arithmetic, Enrichment Activities, Fractions
Peer reviewedPatterson, Katherine – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedMcClintic, Joan – Arithmetic Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Activities, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
Peer reviewedSammons, Kay B.; Kobett, Beth – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Presents activities that relate the Olympic Games to measurement. Includes descriptions of and worksheets for 5 activities involving estimation, nonstandard units of measure, linear measure, and time measurement for grade levels K-2, 2-4, and 5-8. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Estimation (Mathematics), Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedPassarello, Lisa M.; Fennell, Francis – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Connections between science and mathematics are emphasized in a series of activities related to the heart. Worksheets designed for multiple grade levels investigate (1) How Big Is Your Heart? (levels K-2); (2) Every Beat of Your Heart (levels 3-4); (3) What's the Beat? (level 5-6), and Heartifacts (level 7-8). Extensions of the activities are…
Descriptors: Calculators, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
