Students in a methods course on teaching elementary mathematics participated in a mathematics laboratory in a public school. Evaluation indicated that reactions and attitudes were favorable toward the experience. (JP)

Forty seventh-grade students, grouped by ability and instructed by intermediate or maximal guidance with or without concrete aids, were given post and retention tests. Low-ability students using aids achieved higher than those taught without aids. Intermediate-guidance groups had higher mean transfer scores when using aids, with no differences…

Four worksheets are provided which give instructions for constructing a tangram by locating points on the Cartesian plane, which specify shapes to be made with the seven tangram pieces, and which ask students to create additional shapes. (DT)

A description of the organization and implementation of a mathematics lab for individual or small group use. Room arrangement, types of materials, and the role of teacher and aide are briefly discussed. (DT)

Instructions are given for making a flexagon; the possible transformations of the flexagon by flexing and turning are shown to form a non-abelian group of order 6. (DT)

The study assessed the effectiveness of methematical laboratories as compared with the regular mathematics teaching program. A control group, mathematical laboratory group, and a third group called a Class Discovery Group were formed for making comparisons. Gains were higher on cumulative achievement, transfer, and divergent thinking measures for…

Finding areas on square grid and on isometric grid geoboards is explained, then the Pythagorean Theorem is investigated when regular n-gons and when similar figures are erected on the sides of a right triangle. (DT)

Activities, instructional methods, and some ideas from educational psychology used in tutoring a second grader in addition and subtraction are described. (DT)

Activities to aid slow-learning and disadvantaged students in reading clocks are detailed; examples of worksheets are included. (DT)

Suggestions for easily obtainable materials to encourage children's use of language. (SP)