Suggestions for teachers are presented, involving audiovisual materials, magazines, worksheets, safety reports, computers, bulletin boards, storage, problem solving, computer-assisted job searches, visual aids, motivating techniques, visual communications, engine valve display, computer printouts for stencils, wheel alignment for tractor axles,…

Pertinent findings from research on problem solving are presented to describe how primary-level children may gain an understanding of addition and subtraction as well as practice computational skills through one-step problems. Then suggestions for teaching problem solving are given. (MNS)

Math anxiety affects both sexes, and is not the cause of imbalance in mathematical professions. Attempts to broaden perceptions of mathematics deal only with the symptoms of math anxiety. The principal cause is the methodology used to teach mathematics. Problem-solving processes must be employed. (MNS)

Curiosities offer an interesting alternative to traditional methods of attacking problems. An illustrative situation is given, with graphical, computer, and analytical methods used to solve the problem. (MNS)

Reported are studies designed to identify art and art-related experiences that enhance or reinforce cognitive development among kindergarten and first-grade children. These studies focus on conceptual thinking through transfer of image, creating thinking through clayforming, oral language through painting experiences, and letter recognition and…

Examines problem solving in mathematics teaching, giving consideration to various models of the problem-solving process and concentrating on strategies inherent and implied in the models. The notions of vehicles, operations, and levels of thinking are introduced and a teacher development project concerned with considering perspectives of…

Presents activities designed to provide students with an informal introduction to deductive logic through the use of the problem-solving skill of "eliminate possibilities." Includes rationale for the activities, background information, list of materials needed, objectives, four ready-to-copy student worksheets, and instructional…

Six algebra activities which use manipulative aids are described. The aids can be motivating, multipurpose, and individually manipulated by students. Some of the activities involve students in problem-solving practice and some can be revised to provide for students of differing ability levels. (JN)

Presents a problem that requires an experiment and which is nearly impossible to solve without adding new elements. Also provides tips on creating a problem-solving atmosphere in the classroom, offers a problem for middle school students to solve, and lists books containing nonroutine problems (appropriate for students in grades 4-8). (JN)

Presents ideas related to: (1) graphs (considering patterns, periodic functions, and problem-solving); (2) curing common errors (such as an incorrect way of canceling); (3) the median of a trapezoid; and (4) using a telephone directory to teach probability, graphing, random-number tables, reading tables, calculating percentages, and other topics.…

A construction manager can relieve administrators of much of their uncertainty in building or renovating schools in the areas of scheduling, quality, and costs. (MLF)

Quality Circle members identify problems, select one for attention, analyze the potential causes of the problem, and identify and select preferred solutions that are proposed to the administration. Skills, knowledge, and experience gained by people in an education Quality Circle become theirs as well as those of the school. (MLF)

The author uses a format in developmental mathematics courses that stresses (1) developing a positive attitude toward mathematics; (2) encouraging activeness on the part of the students; and (3) providing survival skills for nondevelopmental courses that encourage the practice of problem solving and analytical skills. Each of these areas is…

Presents activities involving the addition of antinumbers (which uses novel numerical characters); a puzzle which combines practice in working with polynomials and solving simple equations with intriguing facts about turkets; and searching for the number of different right triangles in a given square grid (which helps develop spatial…

Examines and criticizes current short-range strategies that teachers use to solve classroom concerns. Describes a form of action research based on experience in teacher education and suggests its use by superintendents, principals, and teachers to yield long-range answers to classroom problems. (SB)