Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 62 materials for teaching number concepts to learning disabled students at the primary grades. Entries are presented in order of NIMIS accession number and…

Procedures for developing a variety of magic squares and magic triangles are given. A bibliography with references containing more ideas is included. (RH)

The authors briefly review 12 children's counting books and describe how a group of preschoolers reacted to each. (SJL)

The cognitive processes involved in the human ability to understand and use positional notation (i.e., place-value) were investigated in a series of psychological experiments. Although the tasks used in all studies were very simple, usually only requiring the tested individual to identify the larger of two numbers as quickly as possible, a number…

Describes the accomplishments and life of the gifted Chinese mathematician Hua Lo-Keng. Hua is noted for his efforts in popularizing mathematics and for his work in number theory, in particular his contributions to Waring's problem. Hua has published 150 papers in respected journals and is the author of nine books. (Author/DS)

This book is a partially annotated bibliography of books, articles, and periodicals concerned with mathematical games, puzzles, and amusements. It is a reprinting of Volume 1 of a three-volume series. This volume, originally published in 1955, treats problems and recreations which have been important in the history of mathematics as well as some…

Children's literature in mathematics has been a valuable tool for developing positive attitudes toward mathematics as well as for exploring mathematics. This book provides annotated bibliographies of children's literature books emphasizing mathematics education. Each review describes the book's content and accuracy, its illustrations and their…

This document lists references on the teaching of fractions, with many of the entries annotated. They are alphabetized by the author by categories: Activity and Game; Addition and Subtraction; Teaching Aids; Application; Assessment; Curriculum; Decimal; Common Fraction; Division; Equivalence of Fractions; Errors; Fraction Concept; Multiplication;…

This bibliography is an effort to sort through the mathematical literature that is available. It categorizes the books into the main strands found in most elementary mathematics curricula or scope and sequence charts. Those strands are: sets and numbers; measurement and geometry; and graphs, functions, and probability. These are supplemented in…

Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed in this publication. Three of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, seven with topics in mathematics instruction (problem solving, weight, quadratic inequalities, probability and statistics, area and volume conservation, cardinality), five with…

The annotated bibliography contains approximately 71 listings of instructional materials for Head Start teachers serving handicapped children. Teachers using the bibliography are advised to think first in terms of instructional requirements rather than the handicapping condition of the child. Materials are listed in terms of the following…

Describes how one second-grade teacher opened the way to an understanding of mathematical concepts for her students by opening some favorite children's books. Four specific titles along with the mathematical skills they focus on and suggested teaching ideas are presented. Additional resources are included for each title. (BB)

This book is a partially annotated bibliography of books, articles and periodicals concerned with mathematical games, puzzles, tricks, amusements, and paradoxes. The present volume is an update of volume 3. Except for a few minor changes in classification, the organization remains essentially the same. Most of the more than 2,600 references listed…

Reports on the progress of a project designed to establish both a research agenda for mathematics education and a conceptual framework for such an undertaking. Describes four conferences which have been organized to consider teaching problem solving, effective teaching, teaching and learning algebra, and middle school number concepts. (TW)

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has articulated goals in the pursuit of mathematics literacy that include learning to value mathematics, becoming confident in one's mathematics abilities, becoming a mathematical problem solver, learning to communicate mathematically, and learning to reason mathematically. Literature that…