The article suggests that work with fractions deals with fundamental computation deficiencies and maintenance of interest of beginning secondary learning disabled students. Offered are 10 sequences and strategies for teaching fractions, remediation guidelines, as well as comments on drill sheets and daily scheduling. (Author/MC)

Readiness activities are described which are designed to help learning disabled (LD) students learn to perform computations in story problems. Activities proceed from concrete objects to numbers and involve the students in devising story problems. The language experience approach is incorporated with the enactive, iconic, and symbolic levels of…

The cognitive processes of seven children solving arithmetic problems were accurately classified as reconstructive or reproductive according to the child's verbal report of his thought processes. Classifications of thought processes by means of verbal reports can also be used to improve the analysis of latencies. (SB)

Two experiments investigated extent to which English- and German-speaking childrens' mental arithmetic was constrained by working memory. Found higher mental addition spans when numbers were visible throughout calculation than when not. Variation in addition span with age and arithmetical operation difficulty approximated to a linear function of…

Describes an activity in which students deal a deck of cards to 5, then 4, then 3, then 2 players; note the number of cards left over each time; and from this information determine the number of cards in the deck. (MKR)

Recounts 6th grade students' investigations of combinations and graph theory that arose from a claim made on a Steak'n Shake menu. (YDS)

Illustrates how an activity called Incredible Equations was used to develop 2nd grade students' number sense and number concepts. Includes student-created equations and an analysis of the mathematics they learned. (Author)

Describes a pattern-based approach to subtraction that enables students to find the amount of change from a purchase "faster than a cash register." (Author/YDS)

Provides an alternative to traditional instruction in multiplication and division to develop computational fluency in students. (Author/NB)

Discusses classroom practices that promote the understanding of number concepts in the primary grades. (Author/NB)

Presents math games with die designed to help students learn addition, subtraction, and multiplication while having fun. (KHR)

Examined differential effects that two components of self-management (self-initiated feedback and externally initiated feedback) separately and in combination had on on-task arithmetic behavior of sixth-grade students (N=32). Results revealed significant difference in on-task behavior between control group and treatment group that experienced both…

Describes motivational tool to help students with mild disabilities master basic math facts by providing a concrete visual indicator of progress (a "trip" across the United States). Use of the program with 20 mildly disabled elementary students found student enthusiasm high, increased mathematics knowledge (from 22 to 87 percent), and increased…