Discusses an algorithm that converts a fraction in simplest form into a terminating decimal and allows students to explore the efficacy and conceptual bases of a mathematical algorithm. (ASK)

Discusses the importance of providing concrete examples of successful activities and assignments in designing a mathematics course for a general audience. Presents a course entitled The Language of Mathematics. (ASK)

Presents four puzzles for mathematics classrooms. Recommends that recreational mathematics should be incorporated into the standard curriculum as a way to interest young students in the wonders of mathematics. (ASK)

Presents an activity which focuses on the graph of sine and cosine functions and other properties that can easily be inferred from the graph. (ASK)

Focuses on solutions to a single problem using both induction and deduction by utilizing a TI-82 graphing calculator to illustrate symbolic, numerical, and graphical approaches to the problem. (ASK)

Presents an activity on fractions and explains how students obtain different fractions having different patterns when they are represented by their decimal expansions. (ASK)

Presents an activity using quilts for many mathematical investigations. Benefits arising from the use of quilts include being useful, visually appealing, steeped in history, and an integral part of many cultures. (ASK)

Most people struggle to process information auditorily but this is often the way that it is taught. Presents a highly effective method for teaching multiplication that can be accessed at students' fingertips. (ASK)

Presents an activity on visualizing fingers for arithmetic, counting, and multiplication. (ASK)

Offers an instructional approach and an exercise that can serve as a useful introduction to stratified random sampling. (ASK)

Presents two class activities for use with hypothesis testing in which students collect data to test for a difference in the mean number of chocolate chips per cookie between two brands. (Author/ASK)

Proves that there really are people who use algebra in their jobs and that there are issues in society that require an understanding of mathematical concepts and processes which can be taught in an Algebra I class. Provides real-life situations and activities that use algebra. (ASK)

Describes two card games to motivate students to understand number sense concepts that can be used at the 2nd-5th grade levels. (ASK)

Presents a mathematics learning cycle that can be use in teaching mathematics and gives two examples of how this learning cycle can be utilized in mathematics classrooms. (ASK)

Presents an algorithm to compute the critical path in a graph representing a project evaluation research task. Once the algorithm is executed, the last matrix obtained permits the visualization of some important information which leads to the determination of the weight of the critical path. (Author/MM)