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A Classroom Note on the Euclid Algorithm
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Holden, Lyman – School Science and Mathematics, 1974
Descriptors: Algorithms, Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction
The Distributive Law: A Powerful Aid in the Addition of Fractional Numbers
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Rosenberg, Herman – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
The early use of the distributive law can aid students in learning addition of fractions and provide rapid approaches to computation involving other operations. (SD)
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Predicting the Tens Digit of the Square of a Number.
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Olson, Melfried; Olson, Judith – School Science and Mathematics, 1988
Describes a pattern which emerged from an examination of the digits of the squares of numbers. Provides eight examples having the pattern at the units or tens digit of the number. (YP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Operations on Whole Numbers
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Folsom, Mary – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1975
Instruction on properties of whole numbers, the meanings of operations on whole numbers, symbolic representation and algorithms for completing these operations is discussed. Many activities appropriate to each of these topics, and suitable for primary school children, are presented. (SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Low-Stress Algorithms
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Hutchings, Barton – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1976
Algorithms for the four basic operations on whole numbers are described; these algorithms provide for sequential recording of all steps in the operations. (SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Education
Routine and Meaning in the Mathematics Classroom.
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Steinberg, Heinz – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1989
The question is raised: What comes first: rules of calculation or the meaning of concepts? The pressures on the teacher to teach and simplify knowledge to algorithms are discussed. The relation between conceptual and procedural knowledge in school mathematics and consequences for the teacher's professional knowledge are considered. (DC)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Concept Formation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary School Mathematics
Hand-Held, Hand-Dialed: Another Kind of Calculator Experience for the Elementary School.
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Hennemann, A. Louise; Hennemann, Willard – School Science and Mathematics, 1983
Use of the hand-dialed, transparent, nonelectronic SEE-Calculator is proposed. Pupils can dial numbers into appropriate columns, watching the gears work; place-value concepts are enhanced. Both activities and flowcharting are suggested. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Audiovisual Aids, Calculators, Computation
One Point of View: Choosing a Calculator: Four-Function Foul-ups.
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Demana, Franklin; Osborne, Alan – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Argues that the type of calculator that is used in mathematics instruction is very important. Suggests that four-function calculators fail to give correct values of mathematical expressions far more often than do scientific calculators. (PK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Calculators, Computation, Educational Technology
CSMP Mathematics for the Intermediate Grades, Part VI, Teacher's Guide: General Introduction, The World of Numbers, Workbooks, The Languages of Strings and Arrows, Geometry and Measurement, Probability and Statistics. Experimental Version.
Armstrong, Richard; And Others – 1980
This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a second-semester, sixth-grade mathematics program. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools are based on the works of Georges and Frederique Papy. They are recognized as having introduced colored arrow drawings ("papygrams") and models of our numeration system (the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
CSMP Mathematics for the Upper Primary Grades, Part III, Teacher's Guide: General Introduction, The World of Numbers, The Languages of Strings and Arrows, Geometry and Measurement, Workbooks. Final Experimental Version.
Heidema, Clare; And Others – 1979
This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a first-semester, third-grade mathematics program. The program is in large part the outgrowth of involvement with children and was influenced by information gathered in an extended pilot project conducted nationwide during 1975-79. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools are…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Diagrams, Elementary Education
CSMP Mathematics for the Upper Primary Grades, Part IV, Teacher's Guide: General Introduction, The World of Numbers, The Languages of Strings and Arrows, Geometry and Measurement, Workbooks. Final Experimental Version.
Heidema, Clare; And Others – 1979
This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a second-semester, third-grade mathematics program. The program is in large part the outgrowth of involvement with children and was influenced by information gathered in an extended pilot project conducted nationwide during 1975-79. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Diagrams, Elementary Education