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Download full textCOLETTE, SISTER M. – 1966
FOURTEEN MASTER'S THESES ON READING AND FOUR ON THE EDUCATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED COMPLETED AT THE CARDINAL STRITCH COLLEGE, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, IN 1966 ARE SUMMARIZED IN VOLUME 8 IN A SERIES OF RESEARCH ABSTRACTS. THE READING STUDIES--DEALING WITH KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT STUDENTS--ARE FOCUSED ON READINESS TESTING…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Environmental Influences
Oakland Unified School District, CA. – 1966
A FIRST-YEAR EVALUATION WAS MADE OF SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SET UP TO PROVIDE REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION IN BASIC EDUCATION AND IN METHODS OF SEEKING AND APPLYING FOR EMPLOYMENT, OFFERED UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT. PARTICIPANTS RANGED WIDELY IN AGE, (21-76) WITH A GREAT NUMBER IN THE ADVANCED AGE GROUP. THEIR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Arithmetic
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
The curriculum in this after school program for low income Negro and Puerto Rican elementary school (grades 2-6) consisted primarily of remedial reading and arithmetic, library training, homework assistance, and a "Special Potential Development Service" providing music, art, and health education. The volunteer students were accepted…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, Compensatory Education
Bonfield, John R. – 1968
A study of institutionalized educable mentally handicapped children (EMR's aged 6-7 to 12-6) was designed to evaluate the use of subtest combinations and learning tasks as predictors of achievement compared to single individual and group tests. Fifty-one subjects received a pretest battery of six individual tests, one group test, three learning…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Arithmetic
Smith, Robert M. – 1968
Directed to teachers of the mentally retarded, the text emphasizes clinical teaching which is based on testing for and identifying each child's weaknesses and strengths, and then formulating an educational program. Aspects covered include the following: the status of professional awareness in the education of the mentally retarded, the nature of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arithmetic, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Fisher, Maurice D.; And Others – 1974
A study was made: (1) to determine whether children allowed to choose the difficulty levels of their arithmetic problems in a Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) task would show greater engagement in learning than children who were not given a choice, (2) to discover possible patterns in the choices made, and (3) to determine the relationship of…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Attention, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research
Gormley, Tyrone D. – 1973
The University of Maine at Augusta uses an individualized video-taped mathematics instructional system to eliminate students' math weaknesses before they attempt college math. The course, "1 Mth Developmental Mathematics," is part of the Educational Assistance Program and teaches basic skills and concepts of arithmetic and algebra. The…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Jerman, Max; Mirman, Sanford – 1973
This paper reports on an experiment designed to investigate the effect of structural and linguistic variables on level of difficulty in solving arithmetic word problems. Identification of such variables is intended to assist curriculum writers in preparing exercises at a specified level of difficulty for students at various age levels. The study…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, Educational Experiments
Sie, Maureen A. – 1973
This program, funded by the State of Michigan, was designed to provide compensatory education in basic reading and arithmetic skills for elementary school children with serious deficiencies in these areas. The composite achievement scores of the 1970-71 Michigan Educational Assessment Program were used to establish eligible school districts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Friedman, Kopple C. – 1964
The purpose of this bulletin, one of a series designed to aid the social studies teacher, is to suggest methods for developing accurate concepts of time and chronology. The importance of these concepts and the instructional problems they present is discussed. A chart offers one basis for a program of grading the skills to be emphasized in time and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Goldner, Lawrence R. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of compensatory periods of language arts or arithmetic instruction on the achievement (in these subject areas) of two matched groups of eighth grade students, as compared to a third (control) group of eighth graders who did not receive any compensatory instruction. The study also examined…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedLave, Jean – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1985
Introduces a collection of papers presented at a symposium on the situationally-specific character of problem-solving practices. Reports that findings provoke speculation about relations among social contexts, knowledge and activity, and relations between school-learned problem-solving techniques and those used in other settings. (KH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Style, Computation, Context Effect
Baturo, Annette R.; Cooper, Tom J.; Thompson, Kylie – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This paper describes an approach to mathematics teaching and learning using teacher-constructed "virtual" materials. In this approach, virtual copies of real materials are manipulated with mouse movements to replicate the traditional physical manipulation of real materials. The paper reports on three case studies where the approach was…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Case Studies, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedOsterlind, Steven J. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1980
Children in kindergarten grade were studied comparing pupils who had previously attended preschool with those who had not. Reading (or reading readiness) and mathematics achievement, academic potential, social and emotional maturity, conformity to successful pupil behaviors, and adjustment to academic and social setting in the classroom were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Arithmetic, Emotional Development
Peer reviewedBurton, John K.; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1988
Eight articles review and report on research involving computers and problem solving skills. Topics discussed include research design; problem solving skills and programing languages, including BASIC and LOGO; computer anxiety; diagnostic programs for arithmetic problems; and relationships between ability and problem solving scores and between…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction
