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…

Sixteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from five educational journals, four psychological journals, a mathematics journal, and a book of readings. Eight of the articles are related to logical thinking, inference, proof, and problem solving. Three reports deal with…

Thirteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and critiqued in this publication. The topics of the research include counting, addition, subtraction, ratio, proportion, geometry, problem solving, and teaching strategies. Also included is an editorial comment by T. Kieren on mathematics education research. Research…

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…

Fifteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from four educational journals and three psychological journals, and deal with a wide variety of topics. The development of children's understanding of diverse mathematical and logical concepts is discussed in four articles,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Seventeen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and critically analyzed. Seven of the reports deal with aspects of learning theories, four with topics in mathematics instruction (subtraction, problem solving, division by zero, and high school geometry), two with teacher effectiveness and competency, and four with…

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…

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…

Fourteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed in this publication. Five of the reports deal with sex differences in mathematics learning and instruction, and three reports deal with assessment or prediction of mathematics achievement. Remaining reports involve the topics of calculators, logical implication,…

Twelve research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Three of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, three with topics in mathematics instruction (fractions, problem solving, and application orientation), two with aspects of computer assisted instruction, and one each with advanced placement,…

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…