The materials in this teacher's guide are designed for about 18 weeks of study by secondary school students. For maximum benefit, the student needs contact with a computer, primarily for verifying and trouble-shooting the algorithms which he or she has constructed. The course is usually taught for grade 11 or 12 students. The commentary contains…

This text provides a one-semester study of analytic geometry for secondary school students. It is designed for use at the 12th grade level. A deliberate effort was made to tie this text to previous SMSG texts; the usual language of sets, ordered pairs, number properties, etc. are included. This flavor is what distinguishes this book from others in…

This is a supplementary unit to Mathematics for High School, Intermediate Mathematics, Part 1. In this publication, real numbers and rules for operating them are examined. The study begins by examining whole numbers and some of the properties of addition and multiplication of whole numbers. Most of the basic rules for algebra are developed from…

The purpose of this text is to teach learning and understanding of mathematics at the ninth grade level through the use of science experiments. This text contains significant amounts of material normally found in a beginning algebra class. The material should be found useful for classes in general mathematics as a preparation for enrollment in…

This publication contains a sequence of lectures given to high school mathematics teachers by the author. Applications of mathematics emphasized are elementary algebra, geometry, and matrix algebra. Included are: (1) an introduction concerning teaching applications of mathematics; (2) Chapter 1: Mechanics for the High School Student; (3) Chapter…

Several ideas for activities related to statistical concepts and the methods of using probability to analyze situations are presented. (SD)

Paper folding activities can illustrate transformations that are circular and finite under one set of conditions and become rectangular and infinite when conditions change. (SD)

Worksheets for a short unit on magic squares, together with directions for their use and answer keys, are provided. They are suggested for use in grades seven through twelve. (SD)

Techniques are suggested for preparing practice exercises in algebra and trigonometry. (JP)

With the advent of computers and electronic calculators, the role of logarithms in the curriculum is changing. An intuitive approach to logarithms, stressing the notion of isomorphism, is discussed. (SD)

The calculator is used to explore the distributive property of a unary operator over a binary operator. This is an extension of an earlier paper. The emphasis is on student discovery of the property for various combinations of the operators. Instructional material contained in the report include a reference sheet of questions for potential…