Five calculator activities are described that are designed to explore ordered operations. Suggestions are given on mathematical objectives, strategies for solving, and possible extensions or follow-up activities. (MP)

Reactions to a two-week workshop are given. Conclusions are that chisanbop has presented a misleading picture and is highly overrated. (MP)

Suggests using the holes in the tear-strip edges of continuous-feed computer paper to convey the magnitude of one million. (MKR)

A way that allows students to discover a strategy for determining the area of rectangles, squares, parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids is described. Students use grid paper and scissors to determine the number of square units that cover a specified space. (KR)

The history of mathematics is full of rich examples that can help students to see the place of the discipline within our cultural heritage. Valuable as this can be, it also has the unfortunate side-effect of making students think that all the math has already been done and they do not get a sense that the subject is dynamic and growing.…

This publication is designed to help teachers increase awareness of multicultural issues for all students while making science and mathematics more relevant and approachable to children of color. The activities presented in this book are both multicultural and hands-on; they are discoveries to be made by the reader. They will allow teachers and…

This booklet provides worksheets for children in preschool through grade one. The focus is on developing number concepts, with activities on matching numbers with pictures and on completing sequences, addition and subtraction facts, measurement ideas, fraction ideas, and identifying shapes. (MNS)

Seven activities are presented in this student workbook designed for an exploration of small business ownership and the use of the calculator in this career. Included are simulated situations in which students must use a calculator to compute property taxes; estimate payroll taxes and franchise taxes; compute pricing, approximate salaries,…

The calculator is used to explore the distributive property of a unary operator over a binary operator. This is an extension of an earlier paper. The emphasis is on student discovery of the property for various combinations of the operators. Instructional material contained in the report include a reference sheet of questions for potential…

This method of teaching the division of fractions emphasizes the use of concrete materials and helps students understand what division of fractions means. (MP)

Thirty-two references are included in this annotated listing presented in two sections: books and pamphlets, and periodicals.

The programable calculator is suggested as a means of introducing elementary school students to certain features of computers. A one-hour presentation is described. (MP)

Ten problems involving large calculations are described for classroom use with a calculator. (JT)

Questioned is a method of having students tap reference points on numerals to count out sums, differences, and products. How the method works, educators' reactions, and problems noted in interviews with children are discussed. (MNS)

Front-end estimation is discussed, with several examples, teaching tips, testing tips, and some references on research and additional activities. (MNS)