The future of the United States depends on embracing the advantages of the new technologies and responsibilities to those displaced by these advances. The American Defense Education Act can prepare children for this new world. Employed workers can be prepared for the future through a variety of methods, including job retraining. (AM)

Geography teachers can use mathematics to teach fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students about critical global issues. Five sample problems concerning population, poverty, waste, the arms race, and hunger are presented. The global issue related to each problem is discussed, and the solution and mathematical skill are provided. (RM)

The importance of including statistics and probability concepts in elementary mathematics instruction is discussed. Examples of student-centered classroom activities that introduce statistics are suggested, and six ideas central to statistics and probability are stated. (FG)

The president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics argues that many mathematics textbooks feature unrealistic problems that do not teach problem solving or mathematical thinking. Realistic activities and games which will teach children to think are described, as are methods for teaching essential mathematics skills. (PP)

High school students in a college-level course in abstract algebra and number theory were given a mathematical research unit to work on cooperatively. The objectives, problem selection, classroom procedures, and teacher's role are described, followed by a detailed presentation of the work of students on one unit. (MNS)

A set of three worksheets is provided, along with a guide for the teacher. Using manipulative materials, students investigate the difference between the consecutive sums of the numbers along the three sides of a triangle. (MNS)

Suggestions for activities are organized into categories of the community, sports, the home, travel, and nature. Each has been linked to other curriculum areas such as physical education, science, or social studies, so it is possible to use the activities as a basis for an interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum. (MP)

Two grade 4 classes provided subjects for a study in the teaching of estimation in computation. A second study was conducted with two grade 5 and two grade 6 classes that supported the idea that estimation in whole number computation can be taught in a short period of time. (MP)

Six major categories encompassing the various ways in which computers can be used to enhance mathematics education are listed and described. Examples of problem solving, drill and practice, management of instruction, and tutorial applications are followed by predictions about the future of instructional computing in mathematics education.…

The following ideas are presented: (1) an approach to exploring some of the patterns of prime numbers as a junior high activity; and (2) an informal introduction to continuity functions that uses pictures to represent simple physical situations, with suggestions for follow-up exercises. (MP)

The material provides secondary students with opportunities to count deductively, collect data, look for patterns, check and modify patterns after obtaining further data, establish patterns, and check validity. Worksheet masters suitable for classroom duplication are included. Students should have certain prior experience with models of regular…

Repeating decimals are used as a source for geometric patterns. Ways for generating patterns focus on dividing a circle into certain numbers of equal parts and interpreting the decimal expansions of certain fractions in terms of connecting sequences of points. Suggestions for possible expansions are given. (MP)

The recent White House reviews of science and engineering education suggest that sagging science and mathematics standards in American classrooms are a liability to industrial performance and international performance. (MP)

A suggested outline for a typical week's routine in drilling students is provided. A variety of material is suggested including flash cards, slides, games, and audio tapes. (MP)

The dynamics of success and praise are discussed. Guidelines designed to improve the chances of successful use are provided. A checklist of eight questions teachers can ask themselves about the use of praise is included. (MP)