Presents five small group tasks for upper elementary students to find arithmetic averages. Provides worksheets for each task. (YP)

Discusses the concepts of fractals, fractal dimension, and the generation of fractals in LOGO. Provides diagrams of several fractals and their LOGO programs. Lists eight references. (YP)

Summarizes a reanalysis of the data from an investigation of a test designed to measure a learning sequence in geometry based on the work of van Hiele (1986). Discusses the test based on the Rasch model. (YP)

Discusses temperamental qualities of normal adolescents related to learning and the learning process. Describes emotional and personality growth including four ancillary traits, passive and aggressive by dependent and independent children. Provides case stories. (YP)

Describes school effectiveness characteristics and student characteristics in schools that made an improvement in academic achievement of Black students. The characteristics were orderly environment, clear school mission, high expectations, opportunity to learn, and frequent monitoring. (YP)

Describes projects focusing on needs of business and industry and the preparation of high school graduates to meet these needs. Discusses some areas of mathematics that teachers and employers thought were neglected in the current curriculum. (YP)

Analyzes two transcripts of children's mathematical behavior to observe the nature of recursive levels and interrelationships among them. Describes several levels of the recursions. (YP)

Describes ways of finding the answer to a problem for the possible sum of the three-digit numbers without using the same number repeatedly. Describes the classroom applications of the problem. Provides a computer program to obtain the solutions of the problem. (YP)

Compares two approaches to the teaching of mathematics, rote versus reasoning. Discusses the way to teach mathematics as reasoning in elementary classroom as stated in the NCTM Standards. (YP)

Presents four activities for locating objects in space and on various maps. Included are objectives, directions, extensions, answers, and a worksheet for each activity. (YP)

Discusses the geometrical array of the keys on a calculator that can be turned into a problem-solving, problem-posing situation for the upper elementary or middle school classroom. Provides figures showing the arrays, including rows, diagonals, crosses, rhombi, angles, and squares. Lists seven references. (YP)

Provided are activities for creating tangrams. Illustrates how to make tangrams and use them. (YP)

The study examined student records to evaluate the mathematical performance of 220 children from 8 through 17 years of age diagnosed as having learning disabilities. Developmental patterns were identified and implications for instruction including specially designed instruction stressing problem solving were drawn. (Author/DB)

Suggested that strategy choices for solving addition problems were related to numerical and spatial ability domains, while the speed of executing the component process of fact retrieval was related to arithmetic ability only. Findings supported the convergent validity of the strategy choice model and its discriminant validity. (RH)

Investigates how primary-level pupils can solve word problems more effectively using computational skills in small, cooperative groups. Points out six principles for successful cooperative groups through problem solving protocol analysis: (1) teach strategies; (2) rehearse techniques; (3) involve everyone; (4) cooperate to solve problems; (5) keep…