The curriculum guide correlates concepts in business mathematics with career-oriented concepts and activities. The curriculum outline format gives the concepts to be taught, matched with related career-oriented performance objectives, concepts, and suggested instructional activities in facing page layouts. The outline is divided into the major…

The collection of projects and exercises is designed to acquaint students with some practical applications of mathematics. The exercises are of varying length, and are oriented about the following topics and projects: home landscaping; architectural home planning; construction; home food production; personal income; banking; spending (budgeting,…

A model permitting construction of algorithms for the polynomial conjoint analysis of similarities is presented. This model, which is based on concepts used in nonmetric scaling, permits one to obtain the best approximate solution. The concepts used to construct nonmetric scaling algorithms are reviewed. Finally, examples of algorithmic models for…

This article presents suggestions to the beginning teacher of college mathematics. It is felt that he should have a knowledge of: (1) the general character of mathematics and its place in our culture, (2) mathematics as a language, (3) mathematics as an art, and (4) mathematics as a science. Suggested principles include: (1) never introduce a new…

Reported are the results of a pilot study which attempted to determine general patterns of common course content for scientists and engineers, and what specific course content would be of most value to them. Questionnaires were mailed to biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers in nine states. Over two hundred of these respondents were…

This is one of a series of units intended for both preservice and inservice elementary school teachers to satisfy a need for materials on "new mathematics" programs which (1) are readable with minimal instruction, (2) show the pedagogical objectives and uses of such mathematical structural ideas as the field axioms, sets, and logic, and…

This booklet, part of a series of four which provide problems in probability and statistics for the secondary school level, is aimed at aiding the student in developing models as structure for data and in learning how to change models to fit real-life problems. Twelve different problem situations arising from biology, business, English, physical…

The proceedings of an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Seminar on computer science in engineering education are presented. Ways and means of introducing computer science to engineers and means of applying results of past experience are discussed. There are seven major papers presented: (1) The Experience of the…

The text is a report of the OEEC Seminar on "The Mathematical Knowledge Required by the Physicist and Engineer" held in Paris, 1961. There are twelve major papers presented: (1) An American Parallel (describes the work of the Panel on Physical Sciences and Engineering of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics of the Mathematical…

Because previous reports have suggested that the lowered validity of tests scored with empirical option weights might be explained by a capitalization of the keying procedures on omitting tendencies, a procedure was devised to key options empirically with a "correction-for-guessing" constraint. Use of the new procedure with Graduate…

The creation of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis to be located in Austria and the launching of a project which will list detailed objectives of all technical and vocational curricula (mathematics objectives have been completed) are announced. Other articles written in English discuss student evaluation; pre-school, upper…

This document is the report of a curriculum writing session. Using the recommendations and suggestions of the planning conference (SE 012 733), the writers produced detailed outlines for the grade seven through nine curriculum. The purpose and rationale of each unit are stated, and the separate sections outlined. Sample exercises are included for…

Reported are detailed recommendations on the mathematics offerings in two year colleges which include the usual range of university parallel programs. The basic program is considered under four headings: Calculus Preparatory, Calculus and Linear Algebra, Business and Social Science, and Teacher Training. Twelve courses are discussed and outlined…

This compilation of 138 problems illustrating applications of high school mathematics to various aspects of space science is intended as a resource from which the teacher may select questions to supplement his regular course. None of the problems require a knowledge of calculus or physics, and solutions are presented along with the problem…

Tables of life expectancy can provide data for use in a great variety of problems related to probability theory. (SD)