The Radio Mathematics Project is being undertaken in Masaya, Nicaragua, to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of radio as the medium of instruction for primary school mathematics in the developing nations. The curriculum is based upon a series of segments, each of which contains several conceptual or topical strands. Thus, for example, one…

Reported are the results of a study made to determine the effects of independent study with experimental matematical materials upon selected achievement measure, and the grade level at which these materials can be used most effectively. Experimental treatments were randomly assigned to three classes within two elementary schools at each of the…

The series "Soviet Studies in the Psychology of Learning and Teaching Mathematics" is a collection of translations from the Soviet Literature of the past twenty-five years on research in the psychology of mathematical instruction. Also included are works on methods of teaching mathematics directly influenced by this research. The aim of…

Fourteen novel multiplication problems (of the form "a times b equals") were presented on each of five consecutive days to nine third grade classes divided into three groups. Immediate knowledge of results was provided for group one, delayed for group two, and no knowledge of results for group three. Residual scores, obtained by taking the…

Reported are the results of an exploratory study that analyzed appropriate mathematical or "pre-mathematical" experiences for very young children of nursery school, kindergarten, or first-grade age. Among alternative approaches are the approach via sets, the approach via real numbers, and the approach via the physical act of counting.…

The Mathematics Content Authority List for K-6 represents an attempt to list in one volume the mathematics concepts and skills currently taught in the elementary schools. The list consists of approximately 300 items of mathematical definitions, explanations, and examples. This list is used by the Pennsylvania Retrieval of Information for…

This curriculum bulletin is the second part of "Mathematics--Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grade One." This is a developing curriculum program that incorporates the pre-kindergarten into the educational system and reorganizes mathematics materials in the early childhood years. The materials in this bulletin deal with numbers and operations…

In the winter of 1965, an experimental course in Elementary Number Theory was presented to a 6th grade class in the Hosmer School, Watertown, Massachusetts. Prior to the introduction of the present material, students had been exposed in class to such topics from the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project as lattices, number lines, frame…

This document is a reprint of the geometry section from the 1954 syllabus Mathematics 10-11-12, An Integrated Sequence for the Senior High School Grades. The text outlines a tenth year geometry course integrated with arithmetic, algebra, and trigonometry, which progresses from an informal to a formal level. The topics suggested include definition,…

The Bryant Youth Educational Support Center (YES) was established to meet the needs of Bryant Junior High students who were socially maladjusted and/or academically underachieving. The primary objectives of the center are to provide basic-skills remedial instruction and to modify inappropriate behavior. During the 1971-1972 school year, 50…

Development of a second-grade mathematics instructional unit is discussed in terms of activities, evaluation procedures, and results of evaluation. The report is organized by topic. Behavioral objectives are followed by descriptions of activities and materials used. Topics include: review of symbols, pictorial representation of numbers, writing…

A survey test in arithmetic consisting of two separately administered parts (see TM 000 967 and TM 000 968) was given to pupils in Grade 4 of the Vancouver School System. Test content included a computation section (Part I) and a concept section (Part II). A summary of test results is presented in three tables. (CK)

Part I of the arithmetic survey (see TM 000 966) administered to fourth grade Vancouver students consists of 30 computational items. The time limit for this section is 30 minutes. See also TM 000 968 for Part II of the survey. (CK)

Part II of the arithmetic survey (see TM 000 966) administered to fourth grade Vancouver students consists of 32 items dealing with arithmetical concepts. The limit for this section is 30 minutes. See also TM 000 967 for Part I of the survey. (CK)

The aim of this report is to suggest aspects of mathematics education that should be incorporated into curricula rather than to outline specific courses of study. General recommendations are made regarding curriculum, instructional methods, and textbooks. The suggestion that graphs and relations to be used as a unifying theme is followed by…