This publication contains the conference proceedings of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER) mathematics seminar in 1998. Practical insights are offered into topics such as Maori students' participation and performance in mathematics, a conceptual development for multiplication using thinking strategies, practical processes…

This textbook is a course in elementary arithmetic. It stresses mental as well as written exercises. Addition and subtraction are first presented together, and later multiplication and division.

The observations of a five-year-old girl about the mutliplication tables are presented. The results are compared to structures in modern algebra. The incident is suggested as an example of Bruner's hypothesis: Any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. (LS)

Utilizes two interpretations for the positive and negative signs to demonstrate how multiplication and division involving negative numbers can be represented and their inverse nature illustrated. (RP)

The authors suggest how the patterns in the digits in the multiplication tables may be exploited in the classroom. (MM)

A classroom illustration of a multiplication game is presented followed by an analysis of the game. (MNS)

Three experiments evaluated performance on a mental multiplication task and the adequacy of several different models of mental addition as extended to multiplication. Results are discussed in terms of a network-retrieval approach to mental arithmetic, the commonalities between addition and multiplication, and rule- versus retrieval-based…

An algorithm for multiplying natural numbers is described. The algorithm provides a chance for some unusual drill and might serve as an enrichment topic. (MK)

The use of games in retraining skills with basic multiplication facts was studied in elementary grades. The games were effective in retraining skills. Pretesting had no effect. (MP)