This article details how certain mathematical "discoveries" that Cavazos' fourth graders made were recorded throughout the year. Cavazos invited a math professor, a biologist, a literacy professor, a chemist, a statistician, and an engineering student, as well as their school principal and computer lab technician, both of whom are…

Illustrates how dyads and group discussions can build student confidence and bring out the mathematician in all students. Dyads provide the structure and opportunity for all to develop their potential. (ASK)

Presents a plan involving routine classroom tasks to integrate mathematics with cooperative learning teams in a second-grade class. Explains the process and describes some of the ways in which the activities are used to provide an opportunity for the team and the student to apply mathematics. Concludes that cooperative learning has many merits.…

Presents a classroom project in which children use bottles and sand to explore mathematics. (Author)