Explains using different historical methods to create magic squares. (Contains 10 references.) (YDS)

Presents classroom activities in which measurements of various components from the legend of Paul Bunyan are used to focus on scale factors in distance, area, and volume. (YDS)

Describes a two-week unit based on calendars and births designed to be used in January at the start of each new year. (YDS)

Draws on recent events in Major League Baseball to illustrate the relationship between experimental and theoretical probability. (Author)

Outlines a take-home assignment in which prospective teachers document solutions to a mathematics "story problem." (Author/NB)

Explains how to use the Chinese numeration system to enhance student understanding of place value. Includes sample activities. (Author/NB)

Presents an investigation to engage students in real-life, open-ended data analysis. Allows students to analyze existing data along with data that they collect. Lists steps, necessary materials, and includes activity sheets. (Author/NB)

Describes a project in which students explore the Inka data recording system of knotted cords called quipus to reinforce understanding of place value. (YDS)

Describes probability games and tasks to help students educate their primitive intuitions connected with the concept of "fairness" in the outcomes of compound events. (YDS)

Presents an activity using a number grid to challenge second grade students' concepts related to counting change. (KHR)

Defines virtual manipulatives and stresses their advantages for classroom use. Presents examples on the Internet and discusses current and potential use of virtual manipulatives. (KHR)

Investigates the effects of computers and Internet technology on teaching and learning. Presents electronic examples that integrate well with high-quality mathematics instructional programs. (KHR)

Presents some funny stories that can be used to develop a mathematical method as a starting point for creating alternative approaches to solving traditional algebra word problems. (KHR)

Describes a series of activities using attribute blocks designed to help construct knowledge about and develop conceptual understanding of probability. (KHR)

Focuses on the legacy of paradigmatics instruction in the Greek mathematics classroom, suggesting that it is based on false understanding of pragmatic logic as simply the translation of ideas into action. Offers discursive analysis of two short interactional sequences between the teacher and children in a 6th grade classroom in a primary school in…