Differences found in men's and women's attitudes towards mathematics, and differences in demonstrated abilities and experiences in mathematics classes are detailed. The sample used includes 479 pupils from 22 classes in 11 urban and suburban schools, with approximately 49% of the students female. The instruments used to collect data included…

This student textbook is designed to incorporate programable calculators in grade 12 mathematics. The seven chapters contained in this document are: (1) Using Calculators in Mathematics; (2) Sequences, Series, and Limits; (3) Iteration, Mathematical Induction, and the Binomial Theorem; (4) Applications of the Fundamental Counting Principle; (5)…

This document is a collection of reports presented at a programable calculator symposium held in Seattle, Washington, in April, 1980, as part of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The session was designed to review whether the programable calculator has a place in the school mathematics program, in light…

The purposes of this study were: (1) to develop a skills hierarchy for rational number multiplication using modified intraconcept analysis procedures developed by Uprichard and Phillips in two preview studies, and (2) to evaluate and modify the hierarchy using the Walbesser technique (AAAS) and pattern analysis. Subskills were delineated from two…

This is volume two of a two-volume manual for teachers using SMSG text materials for students in grades 7 and 8 whose mathematical talents are underdeveloped. The overall purpose for each of the chapters is described and the mathematical development detailed. Background information for key concepts, answers for all exercises in each chapter, and…

This paper describes a model training program designed to prepare high school guidance counselors to meet the challenge of expanding women's career options. In particular, it addresses the role which counselors may play in encouraging young women to acquire adequate mathematical preparation during their high school years. The first half of the…

This teacher's guide contains a complete list of goals, behavioral objectives, activities, materials and equipment, and tests needed for implementing a metric education program in grades K-8. Ten broad goals are listed and each behavioral objective is referenced to one of these. The behavioral objectives are also referenced to grade levels and to…

This item bank was compiled by the Australian Council for Educational research (ACER) to help teachers at the secondary school level construct objective tests in arithmetic and algebra. The multiple-choice items were written by teachers who attended ACER writing workshops. The questions are classified according to their subject content and the…

This guide was prepared as an instructional aid for teachers of a first-year course in Algebra. It was designed to be applicable to the wide range of Algebra 1 programs being offered in the junior and senior high schools. In this guide, the content of the Algebra 1 program has been divided into 11 major units, each unit organized around student…

The activities and results of the first year of a two-year student assessment pilot program are described, based on a 1978 mandate by the Kansas Legislature requiring the development of minimum competency objectives in the areas of reading and mathematics for students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11 and instruments for assessing those competencies.…

This is the teacher's edition of a text for the first year of a two-year high school geometry course. The course bases plane and solid geometry and trigonometry on the fact that the translations of a Euclidean space constitute a vector space which has an inner product. Volume 1 deals largely with affine geometry, and the notion of dimension is…

This is one of a series of geometry modules developed for use by secondary students in a laboratory setting. This module was conceived as an alternative approach to the usual practice of giving Euclid's parallel postulate and then mentioning that alternate postulates would lead to an alternate geometry or geometries. Instead, the student is led…

This module uses concepts of fingerprinting to illustrate and apply selected mathematical ideas. Specifically, students participate in activities that require pattern recognition, measuring using mm and cm, and identification of similar patterns. Inking of students' prints is done. Teaching suggestions are provided. (MK)

This unit is designed to be used primarily by students who have some interest in bicycles. It is intended to draw them into mathematical thinking in an interesting way. This unit is laboratory oriented. It will be necessary that the student have access to a bicycle in the classroom for several of the exercises (unless they are done primarily at…

THIS GUIDE IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE PURCHASE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EQUIPMENT. ITEMS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY AND ARE CLASSIFIED AS BASIC, STANDARD, OR ADVANCED. DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE (1) SCHOOL SUBJECTS IN WHICH THE ITEM IS USED, (2) THE MAJOR USE OF THE EQUIPMENT,…