This book contains 18 reproducible Math Storymats which can be a refreshing addition to any early elementary math program. Each storymat is accompanied by two separate read-aloud story selections that guide children in using plastic disk-shaped markers to interact with the mats in specific and open-ended ways. Together the mats and the…

Manipulatives are being used more frequently in primary school mathematics teaching and learning. This paper calls for a continuing research program including the role and acceptance of manipulatives in secondary school mathematics classes. It also seeks to identify and justify current teacher usage of concrete materials (manipulatives) in…

This presentation opens with a description of the multi-image slide program that accompanied the lecture on folk dance. Nonverbal content of the lecture-exhibit-performance is noted within brackets throughout the script. The lecture covers the subject of folk dance in the college/university dance curriculum, and the impact of folk traditions on…

Counting and dividing activities for 5- and 6-year-old children, using base ten multibase arithmetic blocks, are described. (DT)

The guide consists of patterns for making ten hand puppets based on Spanish games and characters. These hand puppets can be used by the teacher or student. They can be made of felt or construction paper. These hand puppets can teach a simple song and game or become a means of introducing many things. The patterns are for the characters of Cri Cri,…

A game based on the group of permutations on four symbols is described. The game can be used in the study of many algebraic concepts. (SD)

Study supported by research grant 1-K03-Hd36971 and by training grant 1-T01-Hd00203 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Four series of self-instructional elementary multiplication lessons were developed and tested on first-, second-, and third-grade students. The series were: (1) deductive-concrete, (2) deductive-pictorial, (3) inductive-concrete, and (4) inductive-pictorial. Students were given pretests and posttests and a retention test on the objectives of the…

To help one see his man-made environment in a new way is the main purpose of this student workbook. Three basic questions are presented--what is the man-made environment, why it is, and how can we change it? Then, through a series of related problems and discussion, answers are discovered or choices made depending on the way one sees his world or…

This booklet, one of a series of 34 on promising programs in childhood education prepared for the White House Conference on Children, December 1970, describes the Philadelphia Teacher Center--a staff development program which provides a place where teachers can make things for their classrooms and exchange ideas with others. The Center provides…

Interaction between pupils' cognitive styles and instructional method in effecting achievement was studied. The instructional variables were sequencing and use of manipulative materials. Ninety sixth-grade students were ranked on Sigel's Cognitive Style Test. The upper and lower 36 were defined as high and low analytic pupils, respectively. Nine…

A set of square counters is described as a simple way to introduce new concepts and as a concrete way for students to learn. (MP)

Techniques that can be used in solving various mathematical problems are illustrated by an optimization problem and the accompanying model and solution. (MP)

The author offers a new puzzle requiring that the mixed set containing all the members of the set of trihexagons and the set of tetrahexagons be fitted inside a star-shaped outline. (MN)

A successful method for teaching place value is described. (JT)