AN INTERIM UNIT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSIST TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN MAKING THE TRANSITION TO A CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS PROGRAM. EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT ANY INTRODUCTORY WORK DURING THE YEAR PRECEDING THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW PROGRAM HAS MADE THE FIRST YEAR CONSIDERABLY EASIER AND MORE PROFITABLE FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND PUPILS. EACH CONCEPT…

THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF MATERIALS AND IDEAS ABOUT THE NEWER METHODS OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING BY A GROUP OF TEACHERS AND STUDENT-TEACHER LECTURERS. REPORTS FROM ACTUAL LESSONS AND VARIED ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHILDREN'S WORK MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS BOOK. THE MATHEMATICS IS PRESENTED IN A STYLE AND MANNER WHICH ENCOURAGES THE READER TO…

The booklet presents the minimum material for which students are responsible on the Tenth Year Regents examination of the state of New York. The syllabus is an attempt to integrate plane geometry with arithmetic, algebra and numerical trigonometry brought about by: (1) greater use of fractions and percents in mensuration problems; (2) use of…

The article presents the outline of a curriculum that was used successfully to teach deaf elementary school children the concept of "borrowing" as it applies to arithmetic. (Author/DLS)

Six easy-to-learn strategies are offered to help students with learning problems in mathematics make error-free subtraction calculations when either the subtrahend or remainder is a 9, 8, or 7 and when the minuend is in the teens. (CB)

This ERIC Digest overviews recent research on teaching and learning fractions and provides suggestions for practice, help in locating resources having direct application in the classroom, and sources for further reading in the literature. Students' conceptions of fractions or rational numbers, common mistakes teachers make, and new teaching…

The author explains how "structured material such as the Colour-Factor Set can show all the properties, patterns and characters of numbers. Given the mastery over numbers with which these materials provide children, he condemns teachers who require children "to learn multiplication tables by rote and the so-called four rules by…

Exemplifies a model of a conceptual-support net in the domain of multidigit addition that provides guidance in making curricular and classroom teaching choices about what kinds of conceptual supports to provide in a particular setting. Presents summaries of several different multidigit addition solution methods that indicate how different quantity…

Examines students' understanding of the quantitative relationships, operations, and properties of relationships and operations that are introduced in arithmetic and beginning algebra courses. Develops alternative approaches to the teaching of structure such as the structural-to-computational model and the procedural-to-structural model. Concludes…