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Peer reviewedScott, Paul – Mathematics in School, 1996
Discusses regular polygons, polyhedra, and polytopes; nonconvex regular polygons and polyhedra; and compound regular polygons and polyhedra. (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedFrench, Doug – Mathematics in School, 1996
Presents four short mathematics problems. (MKR)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEperson, D. B. – Mathematics in School, 1996
Presents six mathematics problems: factors of patterned numbers, tessellations, scrabble, semigrams, quickies, and dissections. (MKR)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Tessellations
Peer reviewedEastwood, Margaret – Mathematics in School, 1983
Models for developing addition, subtraction, and multiplication with integers are given. (MNS)
Descriptors: Integers, Mathematical Models, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedHudson, Brian – Mathematics in School, 1987
Provided are suggestions for teaching mathematics with a multicultural emphasis. (RH)
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Multicultural Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedMaxwell, Jenny – Mathematics in School, 1983
Six reasons for failing to learn mathematics are discussed: teachers, slow learners, absence and lack of individualized teaching, fear, assumptions, and attitudes. (MNS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Peer reviewedRuthven, Kenneth – Mathematics in School, 1994
Discusses planetary motion and universal gravitation using a graphing calculator. Includes program and data. (MKR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedDixon, J.; Watkinson, R. – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents two activities on pentominoes using geoboards and rectangles. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedCox, Steve – Mathematics in School, 1996
Presents student methods for finding out the number of different squares on a chessboard. Includes extensions of the activity. (MKR)
Descriptors: Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedSelkirk, Keith – Mathematics in School, 1983
An investigative activity dealing with where to pitch a tent at a campsite is described. (MNS)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedRichardson, Bill – Mathematics in School, 1997
Presents exemplary material from the publication "From Little Acorn Grow--Spreadsheets 9 to 13," a photocopiable resource book that contains spreadsheet ideas. Highlights the process of preparing the publication. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedMaher, Philip – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents an activity that explores the completion of squares from the geometric point of view. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics History
Peer reviewedSearl, John – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents an activity which focuses on the graph of sine and cosine functions and other properties that can easily be inferred from the graph. (ASK)
Descriptors: Functions (Mathematics), Graphs, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedMonroe, Eula Ewing; Clark, H. Clifford – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents an experiment for teachers to determine whether rote or reason has greater influence upon the way students think about computation. Provides some observations and concerns, and discusses needed changes in thinking and practice for teaching mathematics. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Rote Learning
Peer reviewedErnest, Paul – Mathematics in School, 1996
Discusses three misapplications of progressive thinking that have damaged the quality of mathematics learning in British schools: individualized learning, spiral curriculum, and applications of mathematics. (MKR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
