Discusses students' inability to make the connection between manipulative materials and pencil-and-paper calculations in mathematics instruction. Outlines the development of mathematical ideas through the concrete, representational, and abstract phases of instruction. An annotated bibliography listing teacher resources for representational-level…

Included are activities published in this regular column in the "Arithmetic Teacher" from 1980-90 organized by topics and presented in a month-by-month format. Topics include estimation, fractions and decimals, geometry and spatial sense, measurement, number sense and numeration, problem solving, statistics and probability, and whole number…

Counting books offer children the time and the tools to develop the understanding needed to solve problems. Stimulated by these books, children may use mathematic language and talk about mathematics as they get involved with materials to move and manipulate, as they use supportive aids found in illustrations, and as they interact with materials to…

This document reviews approximately 200 children's books in mathematics for the early grades. The 1975 and 1976 editions of "Children's Books in Print" were used to generate the book list, and all but approximately 20 of the titles listed were located for this review. Each review presented describes content and accuracy, illustrations and their…

This annotated bibliography lists research synthesis in elementary school mathematics. The listings are in alphabetical order, but are also indexed according to topics. Among the 17 topics included are: calculators, problem solving, sex differences, and diagnosis and remediation. (MK)