TWO GROUPS OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN FROM CONTRASTING SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS WERE STUDIED TO EXPLORE WHAT EFFECT THEIR BACKGROUND WOULD HAVE ON THEIR ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS. THE FIRST GROUP FROM A LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES) AREA WAS COMPOSED OF 32 NEGRO, 14 CAUCASIAN, AND THREE ORIENTAL CHILDREN OF BOTH SEXES, AND THE CONTRASTING HIGH SES GROUP HAD…

The objective of this study was to determine ways of attaining a working competence in the arithmetic of the full real number system, and to explore means of removing some ineffective practice employed in instruction. A secondary objective was to determine the feasibility of developing infinite decimal arithmetic directly, without building on the…

Reported are suggestions indicated by research studies to eight questions concerning the teaching of rational numbers. (1) Can young children learn fractional concepts? Answer: Manipulative materials are of value to learning in the primary grades. (2) How should the common denominator be determined? Answer: Both factoring and equivalent fractions…

This study investigated children's knowledge of division and its relationship to their teacher's conceptual understanding of division following Professional Development. A paper and pencil test was administered to 47 year 7 students and 2 teachers over 2 phases. Following the testing, six students and the teacher from each phase were interviewed.…

This textbook is an arithmetic course with lessons adapted to the age, attainments, and practical experience of evening-school students. The lessons in this text represent a course sufficient in length for at least two years.

This arithmetic textbook aims to teach the reading of figures so as to train the mind to instantly catch the idea that any combination of figures is intended to express. This is to be done by "the simple process of reading;" and the method consists: (1) in teaching the alphabet; and (2) in teaching the combinations of the alphabet, which…

This textbook is a teaching manual for arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Historical sketches on the subjects are included. Each topic is discussed in detail, and the teacher is advised along what lines to work, and how the work may be successfully accomplished.

Arithmetic is the science of numbers, and also the art of computation. This textbook presents mental and written arithmetic through simple numbers. [This book was written by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and published by De La Salle Institute.]

A digital bracelet is a cyclic sequence of digits in which each term is the units' digit of the sum of the previous "N" terms. This article discusses some properties of the digital bracelet with N=4 which starts 1, 9, 7, 1. (MM)

Correction is given to problem involving number grids presented in May, 1969, Arithmetic Teacher. (RS)

A rational presentation of the so-called long division method for extracting the square root of a number. Diagrams are used to show relationship of this technique to the binomial theorem. Presentation exposes student to many facets of mathematics in addition to the mechanics of funding square root and cube root. Geometry, algebraic statements,…

Hyperactive children were significantly more affected by both low and high appeal distractors than were the normal children. (Author)