The author considers the possibility of developing a more general applied mathematics which would be based on the ways in which all sciences use mathematics for measuring and describing natural and social phenomena. (Author/MN)

The author has selected a number of episodes that illustrate some of the successes and failures of humanity's attempt to find the area of the circle and presents them as problem studies. (MN)

The results of a poll of high school algebra students concerning their perception of what constitutes a good mathematics teacher are given. Many of the students felt that a good mathematics teacher is one who takes into account a student's learning difficulties. (MN)

An activity is presented which involves making a stadia tube from a cardboard mailing tube and using it to measure horizontal and vertical distances using the properties of similar triangles. (MN)

The definition of a microcomputer along with examples and resource information for such systems, the advantages of microcomputer kits, and the value of the microcomputers to the student are discussed. (MN)

A program involving the use of calculators for an eighth-grade class is described. Guidelines to assist those in the process of initiating a program involving the use of calculators are included. (MN)

The characteristics, procedures and policies at Upper St. Clair High School that led to the initial investment, eventual purchase, and continual expansion of a computer system up to the present are reviewed. (MN)

A model computer which uses a common egg carton to represent computer memory is suggested for giving students a basic understanding of a computer's organization. Several programs using the model are included. (MN)

Attitudes towards mathematics of over 300 first-year sixth-form (secondary) students were studied in relation to the type of mathematics curriculum previously followed by them, to their choice of sixth-form courses and the students' intelligence, personality and mathematical achievement. Examines students' preferences for different modes of…

Use of graphs in studying greatest common divisors, least common multiples, and other concepts can illustrate patterns related to the definitions of these concepts. (SD)

Students were measured on eleven aptitudes from Guilford's structure-of-intellect cube, and randomly assigned to symbolic or figural instructional modes for a unit on functions. Achievement was measured and compared for students with different aptitudes. (SD)

Topics for student projects in geometry are discussed; useful references are included. (JT)

Relationships between elementary analytic geometry and several types of number sequences are discussed. (JT)

Four games that provide practice with fractions are described. The games involve naming fractional parts, identifying equivalent fractions, adding fractions, and multiplying fractions. (JT)

Some mathematical patterns are explored by visualizing and counting line segments, squares, cubes, and relationships between them. (JT)