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Download full textLeBlanc, John F.; And Others – 1976
This unit is 1 of 12 developed for the university classroom portion of the Mathematics-Methods Program (MMP), created by the Indiana University Mathematics Education Development Center (MEDC) as an innovative program for the mathematics training of prospective elementary school teachers (PSTs). Each unit is written in an activity format that…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers
Ihrig, Elizabeth A., Ed. – 1971
This volume is the seventeenth in a series of 29 coordinated MINNEMAST units in mathematics and science for kindergarten and the primary grades. Intended for use by second-grade teachers, this unit guide provides a summary and overview of the unit, a list of materials needed, and descriptions of five groups of activities. The purposes and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Division, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedBernstein, Robert; Barson, Alan – Arithmetic Teacher, 1975
A classroom activity in which numbers are assigned to words on the basis of geometric configuration of the letters is described. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Instruction
Peer reviewedCunningham, Helen – Mathematics Teacher, 1976
The digits in 1776 can be used in a variety of mathematical activities (especially during the bicentennial year). (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedCunningham, Helen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
Several bicentennial games and puzzles, all using the number 1776, are described. (SD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Games
Peer reviewedMathematics Teacher, 1979
Three topics related to teaching mathematics are discussed: a problem with the order of operations, teaching fractions, and an application of the distributive property. (MP)
Descriptors: Fractions, Instruction, Learning Activities, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedDana, Marcia E.; Lindquist, Mary Montgomery – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Outlined is the preparation and use of graph paper for activities in counting' approximation, making bar graphs, and decimals. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphs, Instruction
Peer reviewedScheuer, Donald W., Jr. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Greatest common factor and least common multiple are the concepts used to play this game that has football as its basis. Rules and examples are given. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Instruction
Beidler, John – Creative Computing, 1978
Computer programs for solving alphametics are discussed. A fortran program for solving a general additive alphametic is given. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Games, Instruction
Tollefson, Irene – Pointer, 1977
A teacher describes an activity designed to help children understand the number concepts of the basic addition facts with sums of 11 or greater. (CL)
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary Secondary Education, General Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedBrickman, Mary – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
Empty food containers can be used to have students devise mathematical problems. Sample questions that might be asked about two food boxes are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedKimberling, Clark – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
The progression from simple interest to compound interest leads naturally and quickly to the number e, involving mathematical discovery learning through writing programs. Several programs are given, with suggestions for a teaching sequence. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedGardiner, Tony – Mathematics in School, 1986
Exploring the strategies used in simple games for two players is discussed. Six games are briefly described, followed by suggestions for analyzing them. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedVan de Walle, John; Thompson, Charles S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Presents activities designed to help young children learn basic notions of estimation (or "about how much"). The subcategories included in the article are: "About How Many"; "About How Long or How Far"; "About How Big"; and "About How Many with Very Large Amounts." (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics), Learning Activities
Peer reviewedLyon, Betty Clayton – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
How to take an existing magic square and surround it with a magic border is described, with a number of examples. (MNS)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
