This chapter describes various programs providing secondary mathematics curricula to migrant students and discusses some challenges of integrating the cultural and linguistic experiences of migrant students learning mathematics. Among the distance-education programs designed for migrant students, the University of Texas Migrant Program delivers 22…

This article summarizes research conducted in Gifted Algebra I and Gifted Precalculus classes in a public, suburban high school in spring 2002, which investigated the importance of reading and writing in understanding mathematical principles. The classroom teacher supplemented traditional numerical problem solving with vocabulary quizzes, reading…

Directions are given for a game providing practice with multiplication combinations and for a game involving counting and number combinations. (DT)

An annual annotated listing of research summaries, journal-published reports, and dissertation abstracts published in the United States which pertain to mathematics education and which have some implication either for school mathematics programs or for instruction. (DT)

Students tested on their ability to apply the ratio concept in a simple problem of measurement were retested two years later; one-third showed no change in category. The data were grouped in analogy to the three developmental stages of Piaget. Additional data from a group of eighth graders did not clarify further how students arrive at…

This column includes the description of a game involving addition and subtraction of integers represented by colored bricks, a general formula for an enlargement in the Cartesian plane, an analysis of the possibilities for certain games of board Solitaire, and a BASIC program for a recreational mathematics problem. (DT)

The impact of ROSLA, the raising of the school-leaving age from 15 to 16 in Great Britain, on low achieving students and on the mathematics curriculum is discussed. Incorporating mathematical principles into the teaching of technical subjects is suggested as a possible teaching approach. (DT)

The artificial separation of mathematics and science is criticized as is the lack of program coordination and communication between teachers of these disciplines. (CP)

On the basis of the findings it would appear that mathematics instructors should consider seriously the use of Structure-of-Intellect factor tests for selection and placement of students. (Authors)

There were no consistent trends in 12th grade performance on external examinations in English, modern history, biology, mathematics, physics, and chemistry between metropolitan and rural government schools, Catholic schools and private schools, although there were some consistent differences between schools in some subjects. (AL)