Arithmetic reading can be made lighter if teacher explains vocabulary, selects simple text, and aids in improving reading skills. (DS)

An activity leading to the discovery of a property of primes is suggested for encouraging algebra students to make nontrivial conjectures. (MP)

Tree diagrams with numbers in a given pattern generate questions related to pattern recognition and number concepts such as binary numbers and exponentials. (MP)

Graphing activities appropriate for grade levels K-8 are outlined and worksheets given. Topics involved include classifying, bar graphs, remainders from a series of divisions, and the greatest common factor of two numbers. (MP)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Presents three methods invented by fourth graders for obtaining the arithmetic mean. This presentation is in support of the idea that encouraging children to invent their own mathematical processes is a good way for them to clarify the idea of representativeness and consequently the teacher can facilitate the students' construction of higher…

Introduces the Fibonacci sequence using examples from nature. Describes some fascinating mathematical patterns using multiples and GCFs that exist among these numbers. (KHR)

Presents a study to develop better understanding of the processes involved in the construction of oral and written symbolic systems and to grasp their role in the elaboration of the modeling function of numbers. Proposes ideas for teaching in light of this study and contributes better understanding of the relationship between numeration and…

Examines the effects of a teaching strategy in which fifth-grade students evaluated the strengths or weaknesses of solution methods to pattern finding problems, including an experimental and control group each consisting of 34 elementary students, in Japan. The experimental group showed a significantly better performance on the retention test…

Reflects on four years of teaching a course called Principle of Major Teachers for pre-service elementary school teachers. Identifies and describes the discord between their formal mathematical knowledge and their informal language used in the context of elementary number theory. Presents encouraging results from a code-switching experiment.…

Discusses numeracy strategy. Focuses on gaining insight into student understanding of number. Discusses the benefits of this long-overdue numeracy strategy. (ASK)