A method of showing the meaning of decimal fraction without using fraction words or notation. One technique described in detail uses large squares, strips, and small squares; using the metric system and decimal coinage is also suggested. (DT)

Reviewed are the Avon materials and a set of kits for teaching the metric system. (MM)

A description of a week's work in mathematics carried out by a first year group of grammar school boys, answering the question which is the title of this article. (MM)

Some proposals on how children may learn the basic multiplication facts through practical activities based on the rectangle. (MM)

A Snip of the Scissors" describes the geometry involved in making stars by paper folding, and Checking the Calculated Average Through Subtraction" suggests practice in operations with negative numbers. (MM)

Describes a method utilizing the library system to introduce children to mechanical and mental arithmetic. (RP)

Children may perform computational operations readily when dealing with physical materials, but may have difficulty dealing with representational stimuli (pictures of objects) or symbolic stimuli. Describes and illustrates the function of mediators in moving from physical to representational or symbolic stimuli. (PR)

Presents techniques for involving low achievers with essential mathematics requiring more than computational facility. Demonstrated is the need for students to be able to relate to the subject matter of mathematics - its structure and pattern, and its power - and only then be concerned with the precision, the computational skills, and the rules…

Index cards, masking tape, pizza shells, golf tees, and empty soda bottles can be used to make manipulative objects to be used in children's mathematics games. Twenty-two games that provide practice in number drills and problem solving are described, along with instructions for making objects needed for the games. (PP)