Through the historical analysis of Dienes' works and through the suggestions of activities, the objective of this text is to understand the movement of systematization of knowledge for teaching and to teach classification, ranking, and ordination through the use of logical blocks during the Modern Mathematics Movement (1960-1980), a time of…

A series of probing questions one might use as guidelines to curriculum evaluation. (MM)

Included in this set of materials is a description of an instructional model for elementary school mathematics, a curriculum guide developed by the elementary school teachers of the California Area School District, scope and sequence guides, and a teachers manual. The instructional model includes the use of pretests, posttests, prerequisites and…

The child as a learning organism, the goal of elementary school mathematics, modern mathematics, and improvement of mathematics education are discussed. (DT)

Assessed was the performance of subjects who had been exposed to transformational geometry treatment. The performance test consisted of geometry achievement and spacial ability measures. Second and third grade subjects were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimentals received a twelve lesson treatment and the controls a…

This curriculum bulletin is the second part of "Mathematics--Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grade One." This is a developing curriculum program that incorporates the pre-kindergarten into the educational system and reorganizes mathematics materials in the early childhood years. The materials in this bulletin deal with numbers and operations…

Written to provide some basic information for parents about the New York State Elementary School Mathematics Program, this pamphlet briefly discusses techniques of number operations on the whole numbers, number systems, sets, and geometric concepts. (DT)

The effect that learning modern'' mathematics (Dienes program) had on intelligence test scores of children aged eight and nine was studied. No overall significant difference was obtained between the experimental group and a control group instructed in a traditional mathematics program. (JP)

Illustrations of the misuse of the associative property in elementary school texts are given; the question is raised as to the appropriateness of stressing the commutative and associative properties at the elementary level. (DT)

This article describes Everyday Mathematics, a new math education curriculum targeted to kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students in Holland. It will be introduced to third and fourth grades in 2008. The curriculum helps prepare pupils for standardized tests; allows for students to work at their own rate; involves parents in helping…