This essay is based on observation and interpretation of the mathematical language of children while they engage in situations involving fractional numbers. This interpretation includes the consideration of various levels of language use, informal metamorphic and metonymic uses of fractional number language, and the interplay between language use…

This book explores how primary school children with dyslexia or dyspraxia and difficulty in math can learn math and provides practical support and detailed teaching suggestions. It considers cognitive features that underlie difficulty with mathematics generally or with specific aspects of mathematics. It outlines the ways in which children usually…

The purposes of this paper are to present research related to the development of new instructional games (named Survivor's Games), and measure the effectiveness of these games to help students (K-5) master basic fact operations (single-digit additions or factor and single- or double digit sums or products), stimulate the exploration of…

Introduction of number sets to elementary school children should be approached with caution, used to clarify rather than confuse a situation. (WM)

Examines bilingualism and academic achievement in mechanical mathematics. (Author)

A discussion of behavioral objectives of teaching mathematics classified under the heading of application, analysis, and synthesis. This article is a continuation of previous articles in this journal. (DT)

Four classroom games which emphasize good questioning strategies. (MM)

Patterns in modular arithmetic are discussed: (1) multiplication tables, and (2) diagrams obtained by joining points on the circumference of a circle. (MM)

Suggested activities involving number patterns, using the idea of a number machine." (MM)

The experiences described here use the idea of movement along the number line to reinforce the student's concept of addition and subtraction of both whole numbers and fractions. Four student worksheets and teacher guides are included. (MM)

Diffy" is a game designed to generate interesting drill in subtraction. it is based on the result that repeated subtraction with a cyclic sequence of whole numbers eventually produces a sequence of zeros. (MM)

The author describes a home-made manipulative aid which provides practice in addition. (MM)

The author describes an experiment to compare performance of grade 1-3 children on the various types of open sentence associated with basic number facts, and suggests some explanations for the results obtained. (MM)