This booklet, one of a series, has been developed for the project, A Program for Mathematically Underdeveloped Pupils. A project team, including inservice teachers, is being used to write and develop the materials for this program. The materials developed in this booklet include (1) systems of numeration from an historical point of view, (2) a…

This booklet, one of a series, has been developed for the project, A Program for Mathematically Underdeveloped Pupils. A project team, including inservice teachers, is being used to write and develop the materials for this program. The materials developed in this booklet include (1) the meaning of probability, (2) counting outcomes, (3) mutually…

This student discussion guide is intended to accompany "Explorations in Mathematics," a text for teachers. The materials in this booklet relate mainly to variables, graphs, signed numbers, logic, identities, functions and matrices. The materials were designed to be used as supplementary materials with students in grades 5 through 9. (RP)

A Word Problem Program was set up to teach elementary school students how to solve arithmetic word problems and to teach some problem solving skills applicable to nonword problems. All instruction is accomplished through a computer program. Goals of the program are described along with three basic instructional decisions and the reasons for them,…

This report is a follow-up to the report presented by the Advisory Committee on Mathematics to the California State Curriculum Commission in 1962. Recommendations are made for continued studies, experiments, and evaluations by the State Department of Education in the areas of mathematics teaching and the in-service education of teachers. Special…

This book emphasizes the importance of teaching mathematics in a meaningful way. It is designed for elementary school teachers who are interested in why and how certain mathematical concepts and skills work. Topics discussed include: numbers and numerals; sets and sentences; the teaching of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in the…

Discussed is a research study comparing the relationship between the attitudes toward arithmetic of students and their teachers in grades 3, 5, and 6. The subjects were 1022 students and 39 teachers in a middle-class area in the northeastern section of Cleveland, Ohio. The students and their teachers were given a 28 item attitude toward arithmetic…

Enclosed is a number of booklets containing lesson outlines of materials in mathematics and science. These outlines are designed to give teachers and students an idea of what to expect when a telecast is schedules for their classes. The tele-lessons are given for the purpose of providing enrichment activities and giving coherence to the entire…

Material included in this bulletin provides an overview of research studies which pertain to teaching addition and subtraction of whole numbers in the primary grades. The studies mentioned relate directly to the following questions: (1) What foundation for addition and subtraction do children have upon entering school? (2) What is the relative…

The concept of scaled achievement tests is discussed and a method of selecting those items of a test that form the most scalable (i.e., having the highest coefficient of reproducibility) subset is presented. Sometimes called a monotonic-deterministic model, this type of test assumes that the test items may be sequentially ordered. To determine the…

This module cluster developed for the Camden Teacher Crops project is intended to enable students to improve their teaching abilities in arithmetic. Emphasis is placed on how to teach rather than on what to teach. The following modules are included in this document: a) Arithmetic Resource Materials--On Hand; b) Long Term (4-6 Weeks) Arithmetic…

A diagnostic computational test given to 22 arithmetic teachers in 1930 was administered to a similar group of 35 elementary school teachers in 1973. The purpose was to compare and contrast computational errors made by the teachers. Findings revealed that 1973 teachers possess, on the average, more computational skills than the 1930 teachers. Both…

This absolute scale contains nine times, each of which consists of a 100 millimeter vertical line with small division marks every 25 millimeters with the words "high" at the top and "low" at the bottom of the line. Above each of the vertical lines is a word or phrase. For the second grade scale these words are: arithmetic, counting, adding,…

This second grade scale contains ten items related to arithmetic and one item related to each of the following topics: reading, art, and playing. The third grade scale, which is not included, follows a similar format although the items do differ somewhat in content. Each question is followed by five boxes of succeedingly smaller size. The child…

This is the first workbook-text in a two-part series written for deaf students. It is remedial in nature, aimed at the secondary level, and covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers. The use of the number 10 in explaining the concepts presented is stressed throughout. For the second workbook, see SE 015 828, and…