The purpose of this study was to determine teachers' views of learning algebra and to investigate if any relationship exists between their views of learning algebra and the ways that they use graphing calculators in their algebra classes. The 48 algebra teachers who participated in the study were from Allen, Putnam, and Van Wert counties in…

Many colleges and universities use a mathematics placement process to guide students to the appropriate entry-level mathematics course. The mathematics placement process presented here was developed over a four year period to make placement recommendations to Calculus I, Precalculus, and College Algebra. Placement recommendations are based on the…

Authors presented a vector algebra approach to predicting excellence in college teachers at any educational level. (Author/RK)

A discussion of the so-called rose curves defined by simple trigonometric functions in polar coordinates. (MM)

The problem of rounded numbers used in computations on digital computers is discussed and examples showing the effect of round-off errors are given. (DT)

An outline of the way that fractions might be presented in ninth grade algebra is given, and implications for elementary school instruction are noted. (DT)