Reported are three studies which have been completed since the inception of a collaboration between the Inglewood Schools and UICSM. These include a comparison by a matched-pairs design, a total group comparison in which covariance analysis provided statistical control, and an item analysis of the tests which obtained difficulty indices for the…

This report describes the planning, writing, evaluation, and results and recommendations of the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study. This study was begun "to formulate and test a unified secondary school mathematics program (7-12) that will take capable students well into current collegiate mathematics" and to "determine the…

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary school. SUBJECT MATTER: Consumer mathematics including--money management, transportation, probability, swindles and gyps, insurance, housing, taxes, consumer credit, banks, savings, and investments. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into ten parallel units, one for each of the above areas, which…

This investigation was made in a secondary school where the learning of algebra was studied during three years (Grades 7-9). There were 119 pupils divided into two experimental groups each of which had a different course in algebra. The content of these courses was measured by the number of written exercises. Many ability tests and attitude…

GRADES OR AGES: Secondary. SUBJECT MATTER: Geometry. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The subject content of the guide is arranged in four columns--major areas, significant outcomes, observations and suggestions, references and films. The guide is mimeographed and spiral bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: General objectives…

A technique is presented that gives a quick approximation of square roots of whole numbers. (MP)

A curriculum organization is described whereby 60 percent of the course time is spent on a prescribed syllabus of core topics and 40 percent of the time is for enrichment topics of the teacher's (or students') choice. Advantages of this type of organization and problems that teachers experience are discussed. (DT)

Provided are suggestions for teaching mathematics with a multicultural emphasis. (RH)

Presented is an alternative approach to the traditional teaching of Boolean algebra for secondary school mathematics. The main aim of the approach is to use Boolean algebra to teach pupils such mathematical processes as modeling and axiomatization. A course using the approach is described. (RH)

Reanalyzes the terminal secondary student performance data in the International Study of Achievement in Mathematics (ISAM), comparing achievement of United States students to that of students from the other developed countries in the ISAM. (JN)

Pupils' attempts to construct proofs and explanations in simple mathematical situations are analyzed, and differences from the mature mathematician's use of proof are discussed. (DT)