Describes a case study of a first-grade class in fractions, presents preliminary findings suggesting that students in others grades can learn fractions in similar ways, and offers ideas for action research. (MKR)

Contrasts nominal, cardinal, and ordinal uses of numbers with linguistic and historical examples. (MKR)

Success of a tutoring program depends on class preparation, tutor selection, tutor preparation, monitoring by the teacher, and continuous assessment of student progress. Describes the structure of a program in which fourth graders successfully tutored first graders. (MKR)

Focuses on the contribution of the "Journal for Research in Mathematics Education" to the view of learning and teaching elementary school mathematics embodied in current curricular recommendations for school mathematics. (23 references) (MKR)

Presents concrete time-teaching models to teach about making connections to fractions and measurement in which students literally measure time by using Cuisenaire rods on a form of number line to discover the meaning of the language used to describe the passing of time. (ASK)

Presents ideas for organizing the mathematics classroom to promote and extend children's mathematical thinking by visible ordering of space and materials, creating personal space for group members, establishing a sense of group membership, and embedding mathematics in daily routines. (MKR)

Describes a mathematics-literacy project that came out of the Literacy Reform Institute: Teachers Training Teachers. Presents activities, assessment techniques, and reflections from the project. (ASK)

Discusses the role of conjectures in learning mathematics, how conjectures demonstrate mathematical power, and how conjectures build understanding and encourage connections. (ASK)

Describes the history of the World's Largest Mathematics Event and how it has been used by several classroom teachers. (ASK)

Dependence on algorithms is as insidious as dependence on technology. States that many children and adults lack the facility to recognize and work with relationships in and between numbers and number operations. (ASK)

Presents information on a seminar called "Developing Mathematical Ideas" with the goal of piloting a new curriculum and charting a new path for parents, schools, and children in mathematics. Explores central issues in the development of constructive, thoughtful, and generative relationships between parents and school community through parents'…

Explores the phenomenon of math anxiety in a group of elementary school students by observing and conducting a survey to identify where students fit into the continuum of mathematics confidence. Discusses strategies to reduce math anxiety. (ASK)

Presents responses to a problem appearing in the December, 1998 issue on the concept of determining all possibilities for colored and numbered wristbands for students. (ASK)

Describes important concepts about linear measurement, gives suggestions for integrating measurement into program activities, and presents several measurement activities. (MKR)

Presents a sequence of activities for teaching concepts of temperature and change of temperature, and linking these concepts to graphical thinking. Offers measurement and graphing activities that use temperature as a common theme for many grade levels. (ASK)