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Bernhardt, Robert L.; And Others – Primus, 1992
Describes the duties and attitudes of graduate teaching assistants who participated in a mentoring program, as well as the assessment of this program, which was instituted as a supervisory alternative to the lecture/recitation program through which graduate teaching assistants have traditionally accumulated the accreditation requirement to teach…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Cawley, John F.; Parmar, Rene S. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
Concepts from cognitive psychology are presented as an alternative framework to arithmetic instruction for students with disabilities. The approach, which emphasizes reasoning, communication, and problem solving, is applied to addition, division, multiplication, subtraction, and word problems. The purpose of arithmetic instruction is asserted to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Psychology, Computation, Disabilities
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Mercer, Cecil D.; Miller, Susan P. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
Ten research-supported instructional components are presented for promoting mathematics achievement in students with learning problems. A curriculum (Strategic Math Series) found to be effective in teaching students with learning problems to acquire and understand basic facts and apply them in problem-solving activities is described. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
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Zeman, Marvin – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1991
Describes how an eight year old devised a part-whole schema during a school mathematics process involving the development of a geometric model to conceptualize fractions. Provides examples that utilize this schema in dealing with the relative size of fractions, as well as addition and subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Sidelnick, Daniel J. – Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1989
Discusses Pennsylvania's Tests of Essential Learning Skills (TELS) program. Suggests avoiding "teaching the test" by implementing a program to improve reading and math skills across the curriculum. Offers strategies for promoting reading skills in social studies class. Describes structured overview, anticipation guides, level guides,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Parr, Alan – Mathematics in School, 1992
Presents the game "Life91," an adaptation of Conway's "The Game of Life." Played on a hexagonal board, the game generates number patterns of population size by rules that determine cell growth and death from one generation to another. An example illustrates the process. (MDH)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Enrichment Activities, Inquiry
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Wood, Karen D. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Offers several collaborative strategies that integrate reading and writing with mathematics instruction. Includes sample lessons demonstrating the applicability of these strategies across grade levels and topics in mathematics. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Collaborative Writing, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
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Dirkes, M. Ann – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Discusses the use of drawings to nurture problem-solving attitudes and independent learning. Drawings help develop thinking skills, clarify misconceptions, develop representational preferences, supply a context for relationships in K-8 mathematics, and illustrate mathematical connections. (MDH)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Elementary Secondary Education, Illustrations, Instructional Materials
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Phillips, Norris B.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This paper describes and evaluates the efficacy of a combination of curriculum-based measurement and peer tutoring incorporated into 40 elementary education mathematics classes, to differentiate instruction and improve student achievement. The evaluation indicated that students with low achievement, average achievement, and learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Miura, Irene T.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1994
Examined whether superior mathematics performance of students from Japan, Korea, and China may be due, in part, to differences in cognitive representation of number affected by Asian language features. Results suggested that the unique characteristics of the Asian number language system may facilitate the teaching and learning of mathematics,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Cross Cultural Studies
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Kalb, Kristina Skatt – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Presents arrow pattern activities to highlight geometry and spatial sense and includes discussion of using evaluation to aid instructional planning, recording each student's developmental level, how to use observations to plan follow-up lessons, and suggestions for implementation. Includes patterns to be copied onto transparencies and student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Individual Development, Learning Activities
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Brosnan, Patricia A.; FitzSimmons, James A. – Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 1993
Discusses the use of assessment portfolios and the process of creating a portfolio from the perspective of a teacher educator using portfolios in a methods course and that of a preservice teacher enrolled in the course. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Communication, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Lauten, A. Darien; And Others – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1994
Describes five college and two high school students' understandings of function and limit in a graphics calculator-based environment and identifies instances where students' understanding seems to have been influenced by the availability of a graphing calculator. (27 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Students, Constructivism (Learning), Functions (Mathematics)
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Shigematsu, Keiichi; Sowder, Larry – Arithmetic Teacher, 1994
Compares the practice of using drawings in story problems in Japan and the United States and includes recommendations for teachers in the United States. (Contains 14 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Young, Cindy; Maulding, Wendy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Discusses opportunities to use nursery rhymes to aid in the mathematical development of young children. Considers rhymes that involve patterns, ordering, and problem solving. (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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