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PDF pending restorationHiggins, Jon L., Ed. – 1979
This document provides abstracts of 20 research reports. Topics covered include: children's comprehension of simple story problems; field independence and group instruction; problem-solving competence and memory; spatial visualization and the use of manipulative materials; effects of games on mathematical skills; problem-solving ability and right…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Algebra, Calculators, Computation
Download full textHiggins, Jon L., Ed. – 1978
Abstracts of 28 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 56th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education is covered. Ten reports deal with problem solving, four are concerned with instructional methods, three…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry
Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Explains a generative theory of textbook design and describes three experiments that compared college students' solutions on transfer problems after reading science texts with illustrations adjacent to corresponding text and including annotations, and illustrations separated from text without annotations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationOsborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1976
Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and critically analyzed. Seven of the reports deal with general instructional concerns (feedback on homework, error patterns, teacher-student interaction, reading strategies, teacher effectiveness, school attendance, and learning environment), four with topics in mathematics…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Weaver, J. F., Ed. – 1971
This issue of "Investigations in Mathematics Education" is divided into two sections. Section one contains abstracts and critical analyses for each of six research reports. Two of the reports are concerned with conservation of number, three with instructional procedures, and one with problem solving. Section two is a listing of doctoral…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Conservation (Concept), Doctoral Dissertations
PDF pending restorationSuydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1980
Presented are 13 articles which contain abstracts and analyses of research reports related to mathematics education. The first article considers six working papers, on a variety of topics, from E. G. Begle and the Stanford Mathematics Education Study Group. Of the remaining reports, two deal with problem solving, five with some aspect of learning…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement, Calculus, Cognitive Style
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1977
Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed in this publication. Three of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, seven with topics in mathematics instruction (problem solving, weight, quadratic inequalities, probability and statistics, area and volume conservation, cardinality), five with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Secondary Education
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed. – 1978
Fourteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Two of the reports concern studies funded by the National Science Foundation to provide an assessment of the status of science education; three deal with teaching methods, three with conditional reasoning, two with problem solving, two with intellectual…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed. – 1978
Nineteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Four of the reports deal with concept formation, two with aptitude-treatment interaction, two with teacher characteristics, eight with instruction, eight with student characteristics, five with achievement, two with preservice teachers, and one with problem…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1978
Twenty research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Five of the reports deal with various student characteristics, three with cognitive ability, two with teacher characteristics, two with effective teaching, seven with teaching methods and one each with testing and problem solving. Research related to mathematics…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rillero, Peter; Roempler, Kim – 1992
This paper describes research using the Educational Resources Information Center--ERIC database to conduct a content analysis of education journals for science teachers. The journals analyzed: "Science and Children" (S&C), "The Science Teacher" (TST), and "The Journal of College Science Teaching" (TJCST), are used…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis
Bjerstedt, Ake, Comp.; Gustafsson, Evy, Comp. – 1977
The document identifies and describes 90 sources of information on conflict resolution and peace education. All the sources are ERIC documents which were published during the period 1966-1976. For each entry, the following information is provided: author, title, source, date, pages, ERIC ED number, microfiche and/or hard copy availability,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes
