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Peer reviewedSims, Jacqueline – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedHaigh, William E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1983
Doing (addition and multiplication) and undoing (subtraction and division) are illustrated through drawings and sentences. Combinations of operations are also included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedShumway, Richard J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1983
A computer program that allows students to simulate an experiment in probability is given, with specific suggestions on how to use and study the program. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedGogan, Daisy – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedLindquist, Mary Montgomery; Dana, Marcia E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
Wallpaper is presented as a source for problems and activities involving geometry, statistics, measurement, and estimation. Sample questions and examples are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry, Instruction
Peer reviewedRyan, W. J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
A remote African Village, lacking measuring devices, is the scene of a teaching project investigating measurement. (MP)
Descriptors: African Culture, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction
Peer reviewedKilhefner, Dale Z. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
This game involves one player guessing the numbers and operations of an equation written down by another player. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Games, Instruction
Peer reviewedGilbert, Robert K. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
A graphing activity which allows students to work independently of the teacher and the textbook is described. The activity involves providing data in order to develop the skills necessary for interpreting the collected information. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs, Instruction
Peer reviewedEdge, Douglas – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
How the strategy of uninterrupted sustained silent reading, can be adapted as uninterrupted sustained arithmetic for use in mathematics classes and clinics is discussed. Several activities are described and illustrated. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedShaw, Jean M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
Reasons for having students make graphs are noted. Then specific graphing topics and materials appropriate for young learners are presented, including life-sized, floor, clothespin, felt-face, block, and magnetic graphs, and polls of pupils. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedOsborn, Alan R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Class Organization, Experiential Learning, Instruction, Laboratories
Peer reviewedMiller, Goeffery – Arithmetic Teacher, 1983
Graphs are used to help students keep records of their scores as they learn the basic facts. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMartin, Dennis S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
Calculation of the percentage of work completed when the edges of jigsaw puzzles have been assembled provides interesting problems. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedWilson, Malcolm G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Learning, Learning Activities, Mathematics
Peer reviewedRasimas, Joseph A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
A game combining the solution of mathematics problems with checkers is described. (SD)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Games
