This volume contains abstracts of 33 research papers presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Most papers concerned instructional strategies; fourteen were concerned with sequencing of instruction and/or hierarchical analysis of learning. Four papers dealt with strategies for reviewing and…

This document is a compilation of abstracts of 28 research papers presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The major portion of the reports concerned methods of instruction; nine were related to college mathematics, ten on secondary school mathematics, and two at the elementary school mathematics…

Expanded abstracts and critical analyses are given for each of 17 research articles. Six articles are concerned with evaluating methods of instruction, two deal with student achievement in mathematics, one is concerned with classroom interaction and one with class size, four investigate learning and learning hierarchies, and three articles focus…

This is the first issue of a new quarterly series containing expanded abstracts of recent research in mathematics education. (Previous issues were occasional publications of the School Mathematics Study Group.) The twenty abstracts review research articles published in the past two years, and are classified in four sections: (1) Aspects of…

This document is a compilation of abstracts of 20 research papers presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Six reports concern methods of instruction, eight investigate patterns of learning, three deal with evaluation of attitudes, and three reports cover tests and test construction. (DT)

An expanded abstract and a critical analysis for each of 17 research articles are given. Four of the articles are concerned with evaluating methods of instruction, seven deal with evaluation of achievement and attitudes, two present research in teacher education, and the remaining four articles investigate basic patterns of learning. (Editor/DT)

Abstracts of 28 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 54th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education are covered. Three reports concern the effects of differing presentations of mathematics, four are related…

An expanded abstract including statements of purpose, rationale, design and procedure, findings, and interpretations is given for 18 selected research articles. Following each, a short critical analysis is presented by a professional in the field. Among the research topics covered are achievement, attitudes, laboratories, error trends, and…

Expanded abstracts and critical analyses are given for each of 13 research articles. Six articles are concerned with evaluating methods of instruction, four deal with evaluation of student achievement and attitudes, one is concerned with test construction, and three articles investigate patterns of learning and learning hierarchies. (DT)

Abstracts of 28 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 56th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education is covered. Ten reports deal with problem solving, four are concerned with instructional methods, three…

Fifteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from four educational journals and three psychological journals, and deal with a wide variety of topics. The development of children's understanding of diverse mathematical and logical concepts is discussed in four articles,…

Fifteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from nine educational journals including several published outside the United States, and deal with a wide variety of topics. Three articles deal with concept formation, three with task analysis or instructional sequencing,…

Abstracts of 36 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 55th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education is covered. Nine reports deal with problem solving, eight are concerned with instructional methods, five…