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Three applications of microcomputers in Elementary Algebra instruction are described. The paper first discusses a program developed to help students explore the basic algebraic concept of linearity. Text and illustrations show how students can use the computer to visualize the conceptual relationship of slope and intercept, until they can…

This is part two of a three-part School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) textbook. This part includes the index and chapters 6 through 10: (6) Curve Sketching and Locus Problems, (7) Conic Sections, (8) The Line and the Plane in 3-Space, (9) Quadric Surfaces, and (10) Geometric Transformations. (MK)

A variety of uses of algebra in the behavioral and social sciences is provided along with descriptions of several algebraic systems. This volume is intended to be a sourcebook for theoretical conceptualizations for professionals in the behavioral and social sciences. This publication with its emphasis on description, application, and utility…

This is the teacher's commentary for part one of a three-part SMSG algebra text for high school students. The principal objective of the text is to help the student develop an understanding and appreciation of some of the algebraic structure as a basis for the techniques of algebra. Chapter topics include congruence; numbers and variables;…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICAL PREPARATION OF STUDENTS IN THE BIOLOGICAL, MANAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (BMSS). THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A SEQUENCE OF COURSES WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VARIED TRAINING IN MATHEMATICS IN THE LIMITED TIME BMSS STUDENTS HAVE AVAILABLE. OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE ARE ELEMENTARY…

MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED FOR BOTH ENRICHED AND ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS COURSES, WITH ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MOST MATHEMATICS CLASSES. UNIT AND TIME PLANS ARE GIVEN FOR BOTH SEMESTERS, AND TEXTBOOKS TO WHICH THE GUIDE IS KEYED ARE LISTED. TOPICS, OBJECTIVES, SUGGESTED TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AVAILABLE FILMS AND FILM STRIPS,…

THIS EXPERIMENT TESTED AND EVALUATED THE CHANGE IN ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD MATHEMATICS OF NINTH-GRADE, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA PUPILS SUBJECTED TO TWO METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) CLASSES TAUGHT BY INDIVIDUALIZED AND TRADITIONAL METHODS DO NOT DIFFER IN NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) INDIVIDUALIZED AND…

This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quantity. Topics covered include operations, standard form, equations, graphs, and conjugates. (MP)

This is one in a series of manuals for teachers using SMSG high school supplementary materials. The pamphlet includes commentaries on the sections of the student's booklet, answers to the exercises, and sample test questions. Topics covered include complex numbers, operations, standard form, equations, graphs and conjugates. (MP)

This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quanitiy. Topics covered include order on the number line, properties of order, solution of inequalities, and graphs of…

This is one in a series of manuals for teachers using SMSG high school supplementary materials. The pamphlet includes commentaries on the sections of the student's booklet, answers to the exercises, and sample test questions. Topics covered include the coordinate system, distance formula, planes and first degree equations in three variables, the…

This is one in a series of manuals for teachers using SMSG high school supplementary materials. The pamphlet includes commentaries on the sections of the student's booklet, answers to the exercises, and sample test questions. Topics covered include addition and multiplication in terms of absolute value, graphs of absolute value in the Cartesian…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG intermediate mathematics text for high school students. The aim of the text is to focus attention on mathematical ideas which are appropriate for study by college-capable students in the eleventh grade. Chapter topics include number systems, an introduction to coordinate geometry in the plane, the function…

This is unit twelve of a fifteen-unit SMSG secondary school text for high school students. The text is devoted almost entirely to mathematical concepts which all citizens should know in order to function satisfactorily in our society. Chapter topics include rigid motions and coordinates, squares and rectangles, and square roots and real numbers.…