In a study of 1050 elementary teachers it was found that on a test of mathematical understanding that teachers did progressively better (significant beyond .05 level) with: (1) more years of high school mathematics, (2) more college mathematics courses, and (3) exposure to "modern mathematics." (BR)

The relevance of the secondary school college preparatory mathematics curriculum to the lives of the future historian, musician, teacher of English, or articulate layman is doubtful. Reprinted from the January 1968 issue of the "Mathematics Teacher . (Author)

Strong relationships were found between mathematical competencies and probable success in beginning computer science courses. It is felt the study reinforces the importance of all students attaining mathematical competence while in high school. The possibility of more accurately advising students regarding potential for success in computer science…

Discusses various techniques for writing educational programs, focusing on "drill and practice" and mathematics programs. Includes listing for a mathematics tutorial dealing with simple division problems. The program contains multiple-response subroutines, scoreboard, and tutorial subroutine that is displayed whenever a given problem is missed…

Compared student attitudes (N=211) toward chemistry/mathematics. Results indicate no significant differences between liking a subject and its importance or application, with mathematics being seen as more important and more useful than chemistry. Suggests that teachers must spend more time and energy in developing positive attitudes toward…

A programing contest was designed to promote interest in mathematical randomness. Student-developed programs making clever uses of random numbers are presented. Modifications users might make are suggested. (MNS)

Explorations of Pascal's triangle through computer programming are described. Programming offers different methods and techniques that enrich the topic. (MNS)

A survey was conducted with 114 junior high, middle grade, and high school LD teachers concerning various aspects of mathematics disabilities in students. The most common deficit areas included division of whole numbers, basic operations involving fractions, decimals, percent, fraction terminology, multiplication of whole numbers, and place value.…

This article examines male and female enrollment trends for the final two years of secondary schooling in Australia for the years 1970-79. Enrollment distributions in the various mathematics courses available in each state are presented, and possible reasons for the trends are identified. (MNS)

The computer simulation game "Curve-Fit" is described. Its overall objective is to fit curves to six different data sets by estimating the parameters of each curve. (MNS)

Helping students understand the round-off error is the focus. A computer program for Fibonacci numbers illustrates the point, which is then described mathematically. (MNS)

Included in this section are brief articles outlining an approach to teaching mental computation, an inductive approach to algebra, and using football to teach probability. (MNS)