Results of a study that measured rankings of achievement in arithmetic by self, peers, and teachers, and their relation to arithmetic achievement measured by standardized tests. (DR)

Reported are the results and conclusions of an arithmetic investigation made in the schools of Scotland in the spring and fall of 1966. The first problem in this investigation was to ascertain which, if either, of two unlike programs of instruction was more effective in developing skill in computation. The second was to determine the value of an…

A random sample of 214 fourth grade students randomly assigned to two treatments completed 15 programmed lessons on multiplication of whole numbers. The treatments differed in the physical referent used in the programmed lessons. One group used an array as the physical referent (Repeated-Addition). The other used a coordinate system and ordered…

The primary purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of arithmetic homework upon the arithmetic achievement and attitude development of third grade pupils. The subjects for this study were 342 third grade students from Osseo, Minnesota, school areas. The Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test scores were used to stratify the classes into…

Investigated was arithmetic achievement of fifth grade students under three treatments: immediate knowledge of results, immediate knowledge with token reinforcement, delayed (24 hours) knowledge with no reinforcement. Differences between treatment groups were not significant. (RS)

This study was concerned with the development of a consistent and reliable arithmetic achievement test to assess the arithmetic ability of educable mentally retarded youngsters ranging in age from thirteen through sixteen. The instrument so constructed is intended to be administered individually, and it requires the subject to do little reading or…

The objective of this study was to explore methods of using commonplace mechanical devices at the fourth grade level to expedite and extend the treatment of two important segments of the lower elementary arithmetic curriculum. The experimental testing of classroom materials took place at the Middle School of the Laboratory Schools of the…

This study attempted to determine the effects of planned parental participation and immediate feedback concerning homework assignments on student achievement in and attitudes toward arithmetic. (CP)

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to investigate the effects of a new approach for teaching decimals by comparing it with two other commonly used methods with respect to achievement and retention of computational ability in decimals, and (2) to determine those areas of the new approach which seemed to be in need of revision. The study…

This investigation measured effects of the modern mathematics on achievement in traditional arithmetic and in modern mathematics. Material on Sets, Variables, and Statistics was taught as a separate subject to an experimental group of 207 sixth-grade students. Instruction in the new mathematics content was given over a four-month period, using…

Investigated the degree to which early conservation is predicted of later arithmetic achievement by examining the relationship between performance on a conservation task at the beginning of kindergarten and arithmetic achievement towards the end of the second grade. (Author/DB)