Forty-five children aged four-and-a-half to five-and-a-half years old were given number conservation tasks in three conditions: (1) a count condition in which children were helped to count each set after the transformation; (2) a match condition in which children were helped to connect by a string each animal with its peanut; and (3) the standard…

Presented are abstracts of 18 research reports. Topics covered include: (1) The effect of a numeration learning hierarchy on mathematics attitudes in kindergarten children; (2) Children's acquisition and production of mathematical rules; (3) Preschoolers' abilities to recognize counting errors; (4) Young children's solution processes for verbal…

The inservice learning module described focuses on teaching mathematical concepts at the elementary grade level. Specifically covered in the module are discovery learning, drill activities, understanding number concepts, and introduction to geometry. Information is provided in this descriptive report on the scope and sequencing of topics and the…

Presented is a comparison of the Texas Education Agency Essential Objectives for Mathematics and the instructional concepts of the Conceptually Oriented Mathematics Program (COMP). COMP is a management program of 25 levels of mathematics instruction in 10 broad concept areas. Listed are relevant steps, levels, and strands of COMP for each of the…

This collection of lessons presents units designed to teach specific mathematical and genetic concepts in the context of biomedical problems. Twenty-five lessons are presented with a review unit concluding the collection. Each lesson presents: (1) objectives; (2) periods recommended; (3) overview and remarks; and (4) a key to the problem set…

This collection of lessons seeks to teach mathematical concepts associated with rates of change. Lessons are presented in the context of biomedical situations. Each section contains several readings relating to the central concept of the section. Example problems are presented in each section and solutions are presented and explained. Each section…

THE THEME OF THIS PAPER IS THAT EVERY TEACHER IS A TEACHER OF READING WHEREVER AND WHENEVER THE SKILLS ARE NEEDED. SINCE THE READING CONSULTANT IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH REMEDIATION, THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTING READING SKILLS IN SUBJECT MATTER COURSES IS IN THE HANDS OF THE TEACHERS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. THE TEACHING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL…

This curriculum bulletin is one of a planned series of bulletins designed to meet the needs of teachers and supervisors who are working to improve the achievement level of mathematics. The material has been planned to help teachers meet the diverse mathematical needs of the children in fifth-grade classes. In addition to the emphasis that is…

This book deals with teaching mathematics to children during the years of three to nine. According to the author, the book espouses "the pedagogical principle that the child ought to have some idea of what is going on." The content of the book is divided into eleven chapters: (1) An Introduction, (2) Counting, (3) Measurement and Quantitative…

This document is the report of a conference attended by an international group of specialists in mathematics and learning. It was convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Institute for Education. The general objective of the conference was to examine problems concerning mathematics reform in the primary…

The materials in this bulletin consist of a series of daily lesson plans for use by teachers in presenting a modern program of seventh year mathematics. In these lesson plans are developed concepts, skills , and applications. There is an emphasis on (1) an understanding of mathematical structure, (2) growth of a number system, (3) relations and…

Research reported primarily from 1970 through 1975 on the use of manipulative materials at the elementary level (K-7) is reviewed. The research is categorized as deisgn-oriented research, content-oriented research, and catalogs of manipulatives. Each section contains a summary followed by abstracts for each study. References to the theoretical…

Thirty-six prospective elementary education teachers were randomly assigned to three instructional moves: a characterization-exemplification with declarative statements (CED), a characterization-exemplification with interrogative statements (CEI), and an exemplification (E). The purposes of the study were to: (1) examine the efforts of the three…

A two-phase study was designed to investigate the relationship between cognitive skills hypothesized (by Piaget) to underlie number competence, and performance on tasks requiring logical reasoning with number-related concepts. During the first phase, a battery of tasks was administered to 60 kindergarten and 60 third-grade students. These tasks…

This volume includes reports of six studies of the thought processes of children aged four through eight. In the first paper Steffe and Smock outline a model for learning and teaching mathematics. Six reports on empirical studies are then presented in five areas of mathematics learning: (1) equivalence and order relations; (2) classification and…