Background: Workbooks were introduced by the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) in 2011. Although the workbooks were designed as supplementary materials, in some schools they are used as the sole teaching text. Therefore, an analysis of the content coverage of the workbooks is warranted. This article provides such an analysis in…

This experiment tested if a modified version of arithmetic practice facilitates understanding of math equivalence. Children within 2nd-grade classrooms (N = 166) were randomly assigned to practice single-digit addition facts using 1 of 2 workbooks. In the control workbook, problems were presented in the traditional "operations = answer"…

In this article, the authors report on a small-scale study set in a context of a firstyear mathematics education course for preservice primary teachers. Professional documentation from three different sources were analysed in relation to the national document "Tataiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Maori Learners," which was…

The poor performance of South African learners on national and international benchmark tests in mathematics and literacy has prompted the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) to devise intervention strategies, one of which is the provision of workbooks for learners. This paper is based on a case study of six grade 3 teachers' use of…

In this paper, we describe a small case study exploring how four elementary students with mathematics learning disabilities utilized mobile technology (the eWorkbook) during core math instruction in a general education setting. The lead author designed the eWorkbook intervention to provide a flexible learning experience optimized for diverse…

The aim of this paper is to present a research on Hungarian 3th grade primary school textbooks from Romania. These textbooks are analyzed using two classifications. The first classification is based on how much creativity and problem solving skills pupils need to solve a given task. In this classification problems are gouped in three categories:…

Can providing learner support materials, particularly custom-designed workbooks, improve primary mathematics achievement more cost effectively than providing conventional textbooks? To contribute to this debate, this paper reports on the findings of a study conducted in 2010 by a consortium of educational researchers at JET Education Services and…

This student activity manual for elementary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length (meter), volume (liter), mass (grams), and temperature (celsius). Activities include a variety of drill sheets interspersed with other activities. Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student interests.…

This student activity manual for elementary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to temperature, length, volume, and mass. In this manual, reading, adding, and subtracting decimals is stressed. Activities include a variety of drill sheets. Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student interests.…

This student activity manual for elementary students is designed to teach several concepts related to the metric system and measurement. Included are activities related to length, area, volume, conversion of metric units, and computation skills with decimals (addition, subtraction, and division). Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student…

This student activity manual for elementary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length, area, volume, mass, and temperature. This manual emphasizes units, measuring, and computation skills. Computation skills stressed include addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Problems include whole…

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several concepts related to measurement. Included are activities related to length, volume, and mass. The manual emphasizes comparisons between objects - big, small, long, short, heavy, light, most, and least. Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student interests. (RH)

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length, volume, mass, and temperature. This manual emphasizes making comparisons between objects - big, small, long, short, heavy, light, most, least, hotter and colder. Measuring skills are also stressed. Cartoons are…

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length, volume, mass, and temperature. This manual emphasizes learning to measure, reading instruments, spelling terms, and making comparisons. Activities include a variety of drill sheets interspersed with other…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the presentation mode (vertical, horizontal) and the placeholder position (left, middle, right) of the frames of workbooks upon first and second grade children's ability to solve number sentences as measured by the rate and type of error. Effects over addition and subtraction were also…