This study investigates the development of mathematical ability and understandings and explores the use of math games as part of a global model of preschool program evaluation. Eighty-three children (aged 3 3/4 to 4 years) enrolled in several programs in the Mt. Druitt Early Childhood Project, North Ryde, Australia, participated in the study.…

Heavy emphasis is placed on development of understanding of arithmetic in this mathematics curriculum prepared specifically for Navajo children and intended for use in reservation schools. Materials are presented so that only when a given concept is understood are skills associated with it and a written format introduced. Learning activities…

This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TEACH 1 TO 1 CORRESPONDENCE TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WAS TESTED TO SEE WHAT EFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF NUMBER CONSERVATION. THIRTY-FIVE CHILDREN OF AGES 3, 4, AND 5 WERE RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO 3 EXPERIMENTAL AND 3 CONTROL GROUPS. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS WERE TRAINED TO PERFORM 1 TO 1…

This is one of a series of student booklets designed for use in a bilingual mathematics program in grades 6-8. The general format is to present each page in both Spanish and English. The mathematical topics in this booklet include addition and subtraction. (MK)

This is one of a series of student booklets designed for use in a bilingual mathematics program in grades 6-8. The general format is to present each page in both Spanish and English. The mathematical topics in this booklet include multiplication and division. (MK)

This is the second module of 10 in the German Headstart program. Each of the 3 units in the module contains objectives, exercises, and a self-evaluation quiz. In addition, there are several supplementary exercises and self-evaluations. The objective of this module is to enable the student to deal with three situations: (1) getting to a specified…

This is a condensed report of a study commissioned by the Minister's Advisory Committee on Student Achievement (MACOSA). The study was designed to provide information about current levels of achievement in mathematics among students in Alberta schools and to provide a data base for future assessments. The test was given to third-, sixth-, ninth-,…

This guide represents the final experimental version of a pilot project which was conducted in the United States between 1973 and 1976. The ideas and the manner of presentation are based on the works of Georges and Frederique Papy. They are recognized for having introduced colored arrow drawings ("papygrams") and models of our numeration…

The papers in this document represent preliminary results of a study which is part of a 3-year project being conducted by the Educational Testing Service in cooperation with the New York City Board of Education, with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This document is divided into seven sections: (1) Introduction, (2)…

This curriculum guide presents a program of 20 open-ended math activities to be used to supplement the math programs in kindergarten, first, or second grade classrooms. The program consists of child-oriented counters and gameboards used to explore the concept of number from counting to making up and solving addition and subtraction equations. Each…

Instructional units on time and money were presented to 249 educable and trainable level mentally retarded children. Pretesting showed that Ss had a poorer understanding of time and money concepts than 229 nonretarded controls of the same MA. Significant performance increases from pretest to posttest resulted in the retardates' posttest scores…

Presented is a curriculum guide for preschool handicapped children revised by a summer workshop group of 30 teacher trainees. Part One is an overview of basic considerations in developing, organizing and administering early childhood programs. Provided are checklists for identifying such handicaps as behavior disorders, learning disabilities and…

The study reported here compares the performance on a mental ability test of children in grades two and three from homes in which English is the language spoken with those from homes in which Spanish is the language used. During the Spring semester, the InterAmerican Tests of General Ability, Level Two, and their Spanish parallel, were…

This NSF-sponsored conference on the teaching of mathematics at the junior high level involved mathematics teachers and teachers of the natural and social sciences. Papers written for the conference form the bulk of this report. Summaries of the papers and general discussions are organized into shorter reports to give some guidelines which could…