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Willcutt, Bob – 1995
The books in this series provide an essential ingredient in the transition from concrete mathematical experience to the symbolic reasoning used in algebra. They aim to guide the student in building and extending manipulative patterns, collecting numerical data, and analyzing the results. The main objective of the activities in this book is for the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Pattern Recognition
Peer reviewedGuckenheimer, Gertrude – Mathematics Teacher, 1975
Three games played with regular bridge decks of cards are described. By playing the games students gain practice in use of basic operations on integers and in the development of strategies. (SD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Experiential Learning, Games, Instruction
Ehrlich, Amos – Mathematics Teaching, 1977
A problem concerning the generation of an array of numbers is posed. The author examines the use of this problem in several secondary-school and college classes. (SD)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMeyer, Ruth Ann; Riley, James E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1986
This activity is designed to help students recognize and extend rectangular patterns and to use patterning to formulate rules for "nth" cases. Three worksheets are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Pattern Recognition
Peer reviewedLandauer, Edwin G. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Curiosities offer an interesting alternative to traditional methods of attacking problems. An illustrative situation is given, with graphical, computer, and analytical methods used to solve the problem. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Software, Graphs, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedO'Daffer, Phares G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
The focus is on the problem-solving strategy of find a pattern, with a problem explored to illustrate how to use the strategy. Other tips concern classroom climate, checking skills, research, and type of problems. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedReed, R. – Mathematics in School, 1974
An activity sequence is described. Several aspects of a population problem are developed using isoperimetric graph paper and symmetry principles to derive general rules. (SD)
Descriptors: Graphs, Induction, Learning Activities, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedKrulik, Stephen; Wilderman, Ann M. – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
Several games, which can be useful in the classroom for teaching problem solving strategies, are described. (SD)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Games, Instruction
Peer reviewedSakshaug, Lynae – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents responses to the pattern problem that appeared in the November 1998 "Problem Solvers" section of this journal. (ASK)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities
Peer reviewedOckenga, Earl, Ed.; Duea, Joan, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Activity sheets posing problems in which students must examine and test various possibilities are presented. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiments, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedGuy, Richard K. – Mathematics Magazine, 1990
Presented are 44 examples in which students are invited to guess what pattern of numbers is emerging and to decide whether the pattern will persist. Topics of examples include Pascal's triangle, integers, vertices, Fibonacci numbers, power series, partition functions, and Euler's theorem. The answers to all problems are included. (KR)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts
Peer reviewedMorris, Janet Parker – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
A variety of calculator activities is described for developing problem solving skills without getting involved in tedious computations. (JT)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedOtt, Jack A.; Contento, Anthony – Mathematics Teacher, 1986
A computer program is presented for the billiard ball problem. It can be integrated into a lesson on inductive reasoning and suggests several ways to do so. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Induction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMauland, Lyle E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
Patterns resulting from polygonal numbers are explored, with examples of triangular, square, pentagonal, rectangular, and other numbers. Tables and formulas to be developed are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedStones, Ivan D. – Mathematics Teacher, 1983
Properties of the harmonic number triangle are listed, and ways of generating the elements of harmonic triangles are described. (MNS)
Descriptors: Fractions, History, Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment
