This is the teacher's guide to the SMSG text ANALYTIC GEOMETRY. The text is designed to be used as a one-semester course for 12th grade students. Included in this guide are: (1) suggested length of study for each chapter; (2) discussion of each chapter that is in the student text; (3) comments keyed to the pages of the student's text to provide…

The purpose of this project is to teach learning and understanding of mathematics at grades seven through nine through the use of science experiments. Previous knowledge of science on the part of students or teachers is not necessary. Lists of needed equipment are found at the beginning of this volume. It is strongly recommended that teachers try…

Approximately 1,700 University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (UICSM) algebra students were divided into 6 groups depending on grade (8th or 9th), version of UICSM first course text used (1958 or 1959), and duration of study. These students and nearly 700 non-UICSM algebra students were given Cooperative Algebra Test (Coop Algebra)…

Factoring puzzles can be used to review computational technique and build readiness for factoring trinomials. (SD)

The Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences is sponsoring an experimental approach to the modernization of the geometry curriculum. Geometry is viewed as ancillary to other parts of the curriculum and is taught as appropriate to other subjects (e.g., algebra). Combinatorial geometry is taught formally. (SD)

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Three applications of microcomputers in Elementary Algebra instruction are described. The paper first discusses a program developed to help students explore the basic algebraic concept of linearity. Text and illustrations show how students can use the computer to visualize the conceptual relationship of slope and intercept, until they can…

This is part two of a three-part School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) textbook. This part includes the index and chapters 6 through 10: (6) Curve Sketching and Locus Problems, (7) Conic Sections, (8) The Line and the Plane in 3-Space, (9) Quadric Surfaces, and (10) Geometric Transformations. (MK)

A variety of uses of algebra in the behavioral and social sciences is provided along with descriptions of several algebraic systems. This volume is intended to be a sourcebook for theoretical conceptualizations for professionals in the behavioral and social sciences. This publication with its emphasis on description, application, and utility…

This is the teacher's commentary for part one of a three-part SMSG algebra text for high school students. The principal objective of the text is to help the student develop an understanding and appreciation of some of the algebraic structure as a basis for the techniques of algebra. Chapter topics include congruence; numbers and variables;…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICAL PREPARATION OF STUDENTS IN THE BIOLOGICAL, MANAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (BMSS). THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A SEQUENCE OF COURSES WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VARIED TRAINING IN MATHEMATICS IN THE LIMITED TIME BMSS STUDENTS HAVE AVAILABLE. OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE ARE ELEMENTARY…

MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED FOR BOTH ENRICHED AND ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS COURSES, WITH ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MOST MATHEMATICS CLASSES. UNIT AND TIME PLANS ARE GIVEN FOR BOTH SEMESTERS, AND TEXTBOOKS TO WHICH THE GUIDE IS KEYED ARE LISTED. TOPICS, OBJECTIVES, SUGGESTED TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AVAILABLE FILMS AND FILM STRIPS,…

THIS EXPERIMENT TESTED AND EVALUATED THE CHANGE IN ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARD MATHEMATICS OF NINTH-GRADE, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA PUPILS SUBJECTED TO TWO METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. TWO HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) CLASSES TAUGHT BY INDIVIDUALIZED AND TRADITIONAL METHODS DO NOT DIFFER IN NINTH-GRADE ALGEBRA ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) INDIVIDUALIZED AND…

This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quantity. Topics covered include operations, standard form, equations, graphs, and conjugates. (MP)