Mathematical problem solving is the mainstay of the mathematics curriculum for Singapore schools. In the preparation of prospective mathematics teachers, the authors, who are mathematics teacher educators, deem it important that pre-service mathematics teachers experience non-routine problem solving and acquire an attitude that predisposes them to…

This research study investigates the ability of students to tackle the solving of unique mathematical problems in the domain of numerical series, verbal and formal, and its influence on the motivation of junior high students with learning disabilities in the Arab sector. Two instruments were used to collect the data: mathematical series were…

How do teachers teach students to count rhythms? Teachers can choose from various techniques. Younger students may learn themed words (such as "pea," "carrot," or "avocado"), specific rhythm syllables (such as "ta" and "ti-ti"), or some other counting method to learn notation and internalize rhythms. As students grow musically, and especially when…

How can teachers encourage their geography students to make sense of big numbers? The key math skills geography students need to apply are ones they learned long ago in fifth grade: estimation and place value. However, in order to recognize the size of a city, or strength of a country's per capita income, or value of a birth rate, they need…

This set of 13 activities, adapted from "Mathmatters: Developing Computational Skills with Developmental Activity Sequences (by Randall Souviney, Tamara Keyser, and Alan Sarver) was designed to help teachers using the Indigenous Mathematics Project materials (in Papua New Guinea) understand the basic processes involved in computation with…

This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a second-semester, sixth-grade mathematics program. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools are based on the works of Georges and Frederique Papy. They are recognized as having introduced colored arrow drawings ("papygrams") and models of our numeration system (the…

This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a first-semester, third-grade mathematics program. The program is in large part the outgrowth of involvement with children and was influenced by information gathered in an extended pilot project conducted nationwide during 1975-79. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools are…

This two-volume teacher's guide is to be used with a second-semester, third-grade mathematics program. The program is in large part the outgrowth of involvement with children and was influenced by information gathered in an extended pilot project conducted nationwide during 1975-79. The manner of presentation and the pedagogical ideas and tools…

Suggestions are given for using the calculator in junior high classrooms. Square roots, factoring, and percentages are some topics discussed. A worksheet is included. (MP)

The focus is on number sense in which students use the language, concepts, and operations of mathematics to find the desired numbers on a hundred chart. Worksheets for levels one-two, three-four, five-six, and seven-eight are included. (MNS)

Four worksheets are provided for developing decimal concepts. For levels 1-2, dollars and cents is the focus; for levels 4-5, tenths and hundredths; for levels 5-7, comparing and ordering decimals; and for levels 6-8, estimating with decimals. Teaching suggestions are included. (MNS)

One teacher's approach to the development of number sense while using calculators is outlined. The relationship between number sense and calculation is discussed. Teaching strategies and two worksheets used in this approach are presented. (CW)

Students are given a computational rule to follow for the first set of problems and must then discover the rule for the second set. Four worksheets for grades 1-8 are included. (MNS)

Activities from the "IDEAS" department which appeared in the "Arithmetic Teacher" between 1980 and 1985 were selected for this publication, designed for students in grades 4 through 6. The activities were reprinted just as they originally appeared in the journals. The selections are arranged according to the major topical areas of the curriculum:…

Many simple games can be devised to help children practice learning multiplication facts. Five games are illustrated, and suggestions of ways in which the short activities can be developed into a whole lesson or series of lessons are presented. (PK)