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Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA. – 1972
Four earlier collections of mathematics objectives grouped according to grade levels have been replaced by objectives organized by subject matter. Material is presented in a logically sequential order within each major heading. Objectives tend to start at the most elementary and progress to the most complex, so that teachers of the lower grades…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives
Gormley, Tyrone D. – 1978
Based on the assumption that each student learns in a unique way, this paper outlines the factors to be considered before selecting the methods of instruction for particular mathematics courses and their students. The advantages and disadvantages of the lecture/textbook and question/answer method, individualized instruction, self-pacing,…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculus, Cognitive Style
Download full textPhiladelphia Public Schools, PA. – 1965
This report describes a compensatory education program in six elementary schools and one junior high school in a racially mixed area of Philadelphia. Current and additional personnel were used, and existing class size and physical plant were maintained. The program provided a community coordinator in each school to work with parents, a bilingual…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Arithmetic, Attitude Change
PDF pending restorationKlein, Roger D.; Thompson, Murray – 1976
An individualized motivation system was used to increase the performance of three students using a computerized number facts program. Previous research on number facts suggested that performance increments might occur through massive practice and/or changes in processing ability. In this study, points exchangeable for extra gym time were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Thomas, Janet K. – 1968
The effect of mental retardation on the learning of arithmetic is considered; the school program, beginning instruction, and the instructional method are described. Also discussed are methods of developing interest, using instructional games, teaching left to right, teaching for meaning, adapting arithmetic to the trainable retarded, and planning…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Bulletin Boards, Educational Games, Exceptional Child Education
McBride, Edd, Ed. – 1969
Rules and regulations governing education of the gifted in North Carolina precede an outline of screening and identification procedures. The question of ability grouping is explored through a review of eight research studies and articles. Questions and answers are used to present information on the gifted to parents, and the selection of teachers,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Administrator Guides, Arithmetic, Art
Bereiter, Carl; And Others – 1969
Seven studies were undertaken to further extend the development and testing of an academically-oriented preschool program for disadvantaged children. The studies investigated (1) Curricula Development and Testing in Bereiter-Engelmann Program, (2) Dual Kindergarten, (3) Follow-Up Data on the Achievement of Disadvantaged Children Who Participated…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Auditory Discrimination, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Design
Otto, Henry J.; And Others – 1969
Nongradedness is a type of internal organization for a school that groups students on the basis of an intergrade plane. This approach attempts to adapt instruction to individual differences. Grouping principles include physical factors, social maturity and personality factors, mental maturity, academic status, and teacher personality within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Arithmetic, Bibliographies
National Center for Educational Communication (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Practice Improvement. – 1972
New educational products, broadly defined as validated output from education R&D programs designed for practical application, are listed. Some of the products are directed toward educational problems of critical importance; others address themselves to instructional or administrative topics of lower current priority. The products, nominated by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
ALLEN, AMY; BAKER, VIRGINIA – 1962
IN THIS BULLETIN SLOW LEARNING REFERS TO CHILDREN IN THE 50-75 IQ RANGE. ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIAL CLASSES IS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE TESTING PROGRAM AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE IQ CONCEPT. SAMPLES OF FORMS USED IN COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AND DISTRICT APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES ARE INCLUDED. LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF SLOW…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, High Schools
Direct linkNemirovsky, Ricardo, Ed.; Rosebery, Ann S., Ed.; Solomon, Jesse, Ed.; Warren, Beth, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book re-examines the dichotomy between the everyday and the disciplinary in mathematics and science education, and explores alternatives to this opposition from points of view grounded in the close examination of complex classroom events. It makes the case that students' everyday experience and knowledge in their entire manifold forms matter…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Design
Fullen, Herman Brooks, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 1981
This study had the purpose of comparing the effects of two approaches in teaching mathematics to secondary special education students. The study attempted to answer the following questions: (1) Were there significant differences between group means of mathematics achievement test scores for students in a diagnostic-prescriptive mathematics program…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Special Education
De Corte, Erik; And Others – 1996
This paper reports on five related studies on upper elementary school students' beliefs about the role of real-world knowledge in solving mathematical word problems, and on possibilities of overcoming their unrealistic mathematical modeling. Findings from the first study of 75 Belgian fifth-grade students showed that as a consequence of current…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Rylands, Judy – 1993
This pack of materials is designed to help students working to improve their basic skills as part of their carpentry and joinery course. An introduction lists relevant core skills units and basic skills standards. The six individual sections of the pack are divided into task sheets and fact sheets. The fact sheets give information and teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Building Trades
Powell, Gary; Copeland, Nancy; Baker, Catherine – 1996
This instructor's guide contains materials for a 40-hour course designed to refresh math skills for current computer numerical control machine operators. The course uses two instructional methods: computer-based multimedia and traditional instruction. The course description lists target audience and general objective. The next section gives…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
