Describes a mathematical game using a bingo format that allows students to explore the concepts of sample space, data interpretation, randomness, and theoretical probability while practicing addition skills. (YDS)

Presents mathematical calculator activities used by students individually, in small groups, or as problems of the week. Suggests using calculators to enhance and stimulate student learning. (KHR)

Presents an educational game on probability that can be the starting point for an open-ended statistical project. (ASK)

Describes a process for creating a more diverse set of experiences for undergraduate students in mathematics by focusing on linear algebra. Emphasizes that the diversity of the activities is generated in part through the use of a taxonomy that addresses the nature of the activities rather than a hierarchy of levels of difficulty. Contains 13…

Explores measuring time periods between a day and a few thousand years and the sort of time measured by calendars. Illustrates different calendars throughout history. (ASK)

Offers historical information about square roots. Presents three different methods--Hero's method, visual method, and remainder method--which can be used to teach the finding of square roots and one method for determining cube roots. (ASK)

Discusses possible solutions for the problem of determining how many sandwiches were made with specific ingredients that appeared in the March 1998 issue of this journal. (ASK)

In standard mathematical notation it is common to have a given symbol take on different meanings in different settings. Shares anecdotes of how this symbolic double entendre causes difficulties for students. Suggests ways in which instructors can clarify these ambiguities to make mathematics more understandable to students. (Author/ASK)

Many students have difficulties in interpreting position versus time graphs. Presents an activity involving calculator-based motion labs that allows students to bring these graphs to life by turning their own motion into a graph that can be analyzed, investigated, and interpreted in terms of how they actually moved. (ASK)

Presents an activity using national achievement data to involve students in a project on data collection and statistics while learning about their attitudes toward and beliefs about mathematics. This activity presents a good opportunity to talk about various interpretations of data and allows students to examine and discuss their attitudes about…

Presents different real-world mathematics activities on data display and data analysis with pie charts from different time periods. (ASK)

Presents four related problems that provide examples of ways to include justifications of interesting mathematics in courses taught prior to a geometry course. (ASK)

Presents a project developed for students in grades 9-12 that uses real-world statistical data presented in the print media. (ASK)

Reviews a number of interesting sites on the Internet for mathematics education and considers the different ways in which the information available can be used as a teaching resource. Provides practical guidance on how teachers might take information in text, graphic, and file formats and use it either for themselves or with pupils. (Author/ASK)

Describes an activity on fractal geometry in which students built a 19-foot-tall Sierpinski pyramid in the Minneapolis Convention Center in conjunction with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) 75th Annual Meeting in April, 1997. Contains 13 references. (ASK)