Part of a larger study supported by USOE grant OEG-2-6-061319-1277.

This text is a verbatim transcription of an interview with John Bates, a former math coordinator for Metro-Toronto schools, and the Director of Inner City Education, Toronto, Canada. (The interview was conducted by Thomas C. O'Brien under the auspices of the Teachers' Center Project of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.) Much of the…

The document presents the final report of the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, which developed and tested instructional techniques in 14 specific mathematics skill areas with 429 handicapped and normal elementary school students in Grace and Soda Springs, Idaho. Skill areas included addition facts; subtraction facts; carrying…

Error analysis performed on data sets revealed that seventh grade students used a variety of rules of operation for solving the signed-number arithmetic problems. The data sets were obtained from an experimental study in which students were randomly assigned to study either of two lessons written on a computer based education system. The two…

This is Part 1 of the teacher's commentary for the grade 4 mathematics program. Part 1 includes the commentary for chapters 1 through 5. Topics covered include congruence, numbers and number bases, subtraction of numbers, division of numbers, and elementary geometry. References to the student text are cited. (RH)

A BOOKLET DESIGNED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE USED INDEPENDENTLY FROM AND IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CLASSROOM CURRICULUM IN MATHEMATICS IS PRESENTED. THE FIFTH- OR SIXTH-GRADE STUDENT IS GIVEN PRACTICE IN WORKING PROBLEMS IN SUBTRACTION AND DIVISION. SHORT CUTS AND HINTS ARE PRESENTED THROUGH EXAMPLES, SAMPLE PROBLEMS, AND ANSWERS. THE…

A SEQUENTIAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAM BEGINNING WITH THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS ON THE FOURTH GRADE LEVEL IS PRESENTED. INCLUDED ARE AN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NUMBER SYSTEM, AND THE BASIC OPERATIONS OF WORKING WITH WHOLE NUMBERS--ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, AND DIVISION. COMMON FRACTIONS ARE TAUGHT IN THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH GRADES. A…

A COMPARISON OF THE LEARNING EFFICIENCY IN ARITHMETIC OF MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF AVERAGE AND HIGH INTELLIGENCE WAS MADE. THIS STUDY TESTED FIVE HYPOTHESES--(1) UNEVEN PHYSICAL GROWTH ACCOMPANIES LOW EFFICIENCY IN LEARNING ARITHMETIC, (2) SLOW PHYSICAL GROWTH ACCOMPANIES LOW EFFICIENCY IN LEARNING ARITHMETIC, (3) THE LEVEL OF…

THIS BULLETIN WAS PREPARED TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. CHAPTERS ARE GROUPED UNDER THE HEADINGS, PHILOSOPHY, RESOURCE UNITS, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN SUBJECT AREAS, AND EFFECTIVENESS. SUBJECT AREAS DISCUSSED ARE SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS, ARITHMETIC, HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND ART AND MUSIC.…

THE "DEMONSTRATION PROJECT" DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT REPRESENTED A MAJOR PART OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-WEBSTER COLLEGE "MADISON PROJECT," BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, 1961, AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 1967. THE GOALS AS CONCEIVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS PROJECT WERE (1) TO CREATE EXPERIENCES IN MATHEMATICS…

A TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATED THE PROJECT. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE INSERVICE PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS, THE BOOKMOBILE, SATURDAY TRIPS, ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS, AND THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM RECEIVED THE GREATEST RECOGNITION. ALL TEACHERS SHOWED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS AN INTENSIVE COMMITMENT TO THE PUPILS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES…

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE SECOND YEAR OF ARITHMETIC INSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN, IF NECESSARY, WITH REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE PREVIOUS GRADE. THE NUMBER SYSTEM SHOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH BACKWARD AND FORWARD COUNTING AND THE INTRODUCTION OF 10 AND THE ZERO. THE WHOLE NUMBERS UNIT SHOULD DEVELOP MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS THROUGH GROUPS UP TO…