This paper describes a workshop that aims to change adult students' attitudes toward early number work in order to give them a different perspective and help them make mathematics their own so that they will no longer be looking for the teacher's approval to tell them whether what they have done is correct. (ASK)

Summarizes solutions submitted for a problem posed in a previous issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. The problem pertains to making a fraction equivalent to one-third that uses all the numbers, zero through nine, exactly once. Includes actual student solutions. (DDR)

Presents an activity for constructing and solving radical equations which can be done with or without the use of graphing calculators. Highlights one method that two students used to solve radical equations. (ASK)

Describes a project involving a short car trip in which students experience an early opportunity to work in teams, think about mathematics, gather and analyze speed and distance data, and produce a report on their findings. Provides a typical-authored solution. (Author/ASK)

Presents an experiment to design a precalculus topic that would help prepare students for limits in differential calculus. Emphasizes the topic to enhance the interpretation of graphs and to be applicable in both technology-based and traditional precalculus courses. Uses graphing calculators to help students observe the results of their…

Presents the idea of writing in a sixth-grade mathematics classroom in order to enable students to view mathematics not as an isolated subject but as a living part of the world where ideas can be communicated using language. Includes a rubric for assessing a mathematical storybook produced by teacher and students. (ASK)

Presents an activity that illustrates the application of mathematics to modern navigation and utilizes the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is a constellation of 24 satellites that enables receivers to compute their position anywhere on the earth with great accuracy. (DDR)

Describes an investigation of polygons and their properties in which students apply very basic understandings of geometric properties. (KHR)

Explores the strategies and interactions of elementary school children in a computer-based microworld related to the concept of length. Included both on and off computer activities that contributed to the collaborative learning environment, a high level of interest, and enthusiasm for mathematical activities. (Author/LRW)

Offers examples of what infants and toddlers might do in early childhood settings, how these behaviors are related to mathematics, and what teachers can do to encourage the natural mathematical interests of this age group. Asserts that teachers' interactions with children are vitally important to children's understanding of early mathematics. (KB)

Illustrates how math standards were integrated into the project approach in a community college-based child care classroom of 3- to 5-year-olds. Describes project stages and math skills used in the in-depth exploration. Lists practical strategies for meeting standards. Notes that the project provided hands-on learning opportunities and avenues for…

Describes the process of mathematical modeling, an extensive teacher's guide, and a student modeling activity to improve the efficiency of soft-drink packaging. (KHR)

Presents a lesson involving the measurement of wood beams and the prediction and testing of their stress limits. Provides an example of a problem with multiple solutions, each with different consequences. (KHR)

Describes a calculator-based lesson designed to use technology as a tool to enhance students' conceptual understanding of functions. (KHR)

Describes one pattern of reasoning observed in a mathematical activity with students in a grade 5 class and discusses ways in which the pattern is or is not mathematical. Describes patterns of reasoning in terms of ways of reasoning and degree of formulation of the reasoning. Distinguishes between mathematical reasoning and scientific reasoning in…