This is one in a series of SMSG books on various topics directly related to high school mathematics courses, designed for the benefit of those mathematics teachers who wish to improve their teaching through independent reading. Particular attention is paid to topics which play an important part in the courses developed by SMSG. Chapter topics…

This study indicates that eighth graders have higher mathematics anxiety than eleventh graders, and boys have higher mathematics anxiety than girls. Eighth-grade classes with high mathematics anxiety tend to have high motivation in mathematics, but tend to see mathematics as not very useful in society. Both grade levels show a positive…

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR ALL GRADES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION IS INTENDED TO ASSIST LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DESIGNING AN ADEQUATE MATHEMATICS PROGRAM THAT REFLECTS THE MODERN APPROACH. THE GUIDE PRESCRIBES A PROGRAM WHICH IS SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO BE USED BY LARGE DISTRICTS HAVING A COMPLETE THREE-TRACK MATHEMATICS PROGRAM WITH FIVE YEARS…

This curriculum bulletin is one of a planned series of bulletins designed to meet the needs of teachers and supervisors. The materials in this bulletin consist of a series of daily lesson plans for use by teachers in presenting a modern program of seventh year mathematics. In these lesson plans are developed the concepts, skills, and applications…

Developed in these materials is a concept of measurement. The unit begins with a fictitious system of measurement from which basic ideas about measurement are to be retained and later applied to other systems of measurement. It is hypothesized that it is easier for the student to abstract principles from a less tangible and unfamiliar system than…

These materials are designed especially for the low achieving student in mathematics. The booklet contains numerous sports-related exercises which have been prepared as examples of supplementary worksheets. The exercises are designed to take advantage of the student's interest in sports. Materials for this booklet, including the worksheets which…

Because of small class enrollment, limited class offerings, and differences in ability range, a programmed algebra course was introduced to eliminate some disadvantages of a small school mathematics program. Credit was given to students completing 36 of the 73 chapters in Science Research Associates (SRA) Modern Mathematics, Course I. Post-test…

This curriculum project in general mathematics was planned in order to study syllabuses of the elementary and high school curriculum under the following broad categories: (1) objectives of education and mathematics, (2) arrangement of the content, the duration of the course and the achievement expected in each topic, and (3) objectives of…

This report presents the initial findings of a study of low achievers in junior high school mathematics. The regular syllabus for seventh grade mathematics in the school dictated the mathematical topics to be attempted, and a series of units was developed and tried out during the year. Underlying the instruction was the primary objective that the…

Investigated was the mathematics achievement of several hundred junior high school students, believed by their counselors and teachers to be "slow learners." This investigation focused on two critical problems: (1) whether some children benefit from less rapid pacing of material, and (2) which are the strongest predictors of achievement…

This paper begins by emphasizing the school counselor's role in insuring equal educational opportunities for all students. The problem of girls' low enrollment in secondary school mathematics classes and the implications of an inadequate mathematics background are discussed. Specific steps to encourage young women to continue their study of…

Materials from an individualized Algebra I program were used by 307 experimental students in ten classrooms of nine public junior and senior high schools. A control group of 250 students in ten classrooms used a traditional textbook approach to Algebra I. Achievement of the total experimental and control groups as measured by the Lankton Test was…

This is a collection of articles dealing with mathematical applications for use by high school teachers and students. The articles are intended to illustrate several themes: (1) how mathematics is applied via construction of mathematical models; (2) the various types of activities in applied mathematics; (3) the role of pure mathematics in applied…

This booklet focuses on the evaluation of the Caribbean Mathematics Project, a regional curriculum development project for eight island territories. The project was initiated in August 1971 to develop materials for pupils aged 12-15 in newly developing junior secondary schools and those in the upper levels of all-age primary schools. It operated…

This study was undertaken to explore the problem solving processes of secondary-school students. Geometry students were given an experimenter-constructed test of convergent and divergent thinking and classified as high on both, high convergent, high divergent, or low on both. Of these 105 students, 49 were selected for individual observation as…