This book offers games and mathematics activities using a hands-on approach for middle school students and features games, puzzles, experiments, and projects. Contents include: (1) "Boxed In!"; (2) "Oddball"; (3) "Pig"; (4) "Madagascar Solitaire"; (5) "Fantastic Four"; (6) "Eratosthenes' Sieve"; (7) "Hopping Hundred"; (8) "Tic-Tac-Toe Times"; (9)…

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether individual differences in children's learning of emergent mathematics and literacy skills existed, and, if they did exist, whether they could be predicted from different child/environment characteristics. Eighty-one three- to five-year-old children took pretests, received training at four…

This book focuses on how to make math friendly for parents and children. The book has a companion audiotape with ideas and guidelines for the interested parent. The book's introduction also suggests some ways for parents to guide their children's reading. Part 1 of the book consists of three "Read-along Stories": "Turkey…

Study of the arts enhances young people's intellectual, personal, and social development. The arts provide a rich and engaging curriculum that develops students? abilities to think, reason, and understand the world and its cultures. A comprehensive arts education encompasses such areas as the history of the arts, the honing of critical-analysis…

Examines the possibility that at times imagery might be a disadvantage in certain tasks. For example, the notion of a persistent image may be so vivid as to actually block other creative thought. Describes one calculus student's images supporting high levels of mathematical functioning which occasionally became so powerful as to obscure more than…

This article presents problems to challenge students over and above the standard curriculum problems assigned at a Course I level. Every additional problem in the article can be solved using only the tools provided by Course I. (AIM)

Compiles the experiences of four people involved in running math clubs. States that the underlying purpose of all clubs is to promote mathematics as an enjoyable pastime while also stimulating students and enhancing the everyday curriculum. Describes difficulties encountered and their solutions, varieties of clubs, sample math problems, and a book…

Evidence is offered that children with specific language impairment often have serial memory difficulties. Research on the difficulties such children have in rote counting and in learning nursery rhymes is reviewed. Implications of current research for assessment and intervention in mathematics and rhymes are discussed. (DB)

Explores the comparative performance of various segments of the student sample in general chemistry courses relative to their scores on the mathematical SAT test. Results indicate that mathematical skill measured by the SAT scores is an important factor in determining grades while factors that are not important in determining grades are gender…

Summarizes examples of assessment strategies put forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in "Assessment Standards for School Mathematics." Strategies include teacher observation of student behavior, problem-solving projects that involve one or more students, and having students write responses to math problems. (CR)

Describes a performance-assessment task that gives the teacher instructional feedback related to the important outcome of students becoming favorably disposed toward mathematics itself. The activity involves a cooperative-learning experience which the teacher facilitates with task, evaluation, and standards cards. The evaluation card reflects…

Presents activities that can be helpful in establishing a conceptual basis for dividing rational numbers. Some activities involve metric units while others are appropriate for small-group work with calculators. (AIM)

Discusses several books, such as "Feast for 10" and "One Smiling Grandma," which are effective in reinforcing basic mathematical skills. States that counting books ("Feast for 10," for example) are useful for elementary curriculum enhancement as well as fun to read. (PA)

Data from the National and International Adult Literacy Surveys and the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicate the quantitative skills of many adults may be lower than desired. The level of numeracy instruction in adult basic education may be higher than reported, but opportunities for teacher training in numeracy instruction appear…

Presents two methods for replacing a series by one converging more rapidly: regrouping the terms of a series and manipulations of power series. Describes a general algorithm for approximating the natural logarithm of any number. (YP)