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Access to Multiplication Facts.
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Vigilante, Nicholas J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Fifteen answers are given by a third-grade class to the question, How can you find the answer for 7x8? The author concludes that a wide variety of experience is necessary to nurture children's wide diversity of learning capabilities. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Learning
A Romantic Excursion Into the Multiplication Table
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Callahan, Leroy C. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Uses the geoboard as an aid in developing an intuitive "feel for the relationship between sums of numbers in a two by two matrix. Numbers in the matrix are represented as "area numbers on the geoboard. (RP)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Mathematical Concepts
Though This be Madness, . .
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Havenhill, Wallace P. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Utilizes two interpretations for the positive and negative signs to demonstrate how multiplication and division involving negative numbers can be represented and their inverse nature illustrated. (RP)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Division, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
Presenting Multiplication of Counting Numbers on an Array Matrix
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Schrage, Merry – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 3, Mathematical Concepts
LCM--Let's Put It in Its Place.
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Ewbank, William A. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Discussed is the topic of least common multiple (LCM), a rationale for its importance, and suggestions for when and how to teach it. (RH)
Descriptors: Division, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
Prime Factorization.
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Lappan, Glenda; Winter, Mary Jean – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Six activities useful in developing the idea of prime factorization are described. Some of these activities are best done with a calculator. (MK)
Descriptors: Division, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
Readiness of Eight-Year-Old Children to Understand the Division of Fractions.
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Shokoohi, Gholam-Hossein – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
A new approach to teaching the division of common fractions is described. The approach is related to the multiplication operation and involves children working with concrete materials. (MK)
Descriptors: Division, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
Prime Numbers From the Multiplication Table
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Stenger, Donald J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Mathematical Concepts
Solving Verbal Problems: Results and Implications from National Assessment.
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Carpenter, Thomas P.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Discussed are the results of the second National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment concerning children's ability to solve verbal problems. The data indicate that the commonly held view that children cannot solve word problems may be an oversimplification. (Author/TG) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Addition, Cognitive Development, Educational Assessment
Introducing Multiplication.
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Remington, Jim – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
Discusses a teaching method for multiplication using manipulative materials. Provides examples of the teaching method and activities using individual chalk boards. Two references are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Manipulative Materials
A Unified Approach to Multiplying Fractions.
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Ott, Jack M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Discusses the generalization of the meaning of multiplication for whole numbers. Presents an example for multiplication of fractions. Provides several diagrams to help improve understanding. (YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Grisly Grids
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Mehl, William G.; Mehl, David W. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction
Using Arrays for Teaching Multiplication.
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Hall, William D. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
The use of graph paper to outline arrays of multidigit multiplication problems is promoted. (MP)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs
Concepts of the Fundamental Operations: Results and Implications from National Assessment.
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Rathmell, Edward C. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
An analysis is presented of pupil responses to several items on the second National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics survey which focused on the concepts and models of the fundamental operations. (MP) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).
Descriptors: Addition, Division, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Research into Practice: Children's Multiplication.
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Killion, Kurt; Steffe, Leslie P. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
How children give meaning to problems solved by multiplying or dividing is considered. After showing two cases of children's understanding of multiplication problems, six recommendations for classroom practice are presented. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement
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