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Peer reviewedFlexer, Roberta J. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
A strategy is presented for teaching arithmetic to students with mental retardation, based on subitizing, skill of recognizing number of objects in a set without actually counting, and pattern recognition. The strategy helps children understand concept of addition by representing number configurations on 5-frames and 10-frames, and reduces need…
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedWyvill, Ron – Mathematics in School, 1983
Activities with triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, and octagonal numbers are briefly discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedLyon, Betty Clayton – Mathematics Teacher, 1983
The relation between the area of a rectangle and its perimeter is clarified by looking at patterns. Several examples involving rectangles with integral sides are presented. (MNS)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Number Concepts, Pattern Recognition
Peer reviewedPaterno, James X. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
A familiar procedure for generating magic squares is reviewed. A surprising pattern is noted. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedChilcote, Elinor; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1975
Games and activities, which are fun, practical, and related to the child's world, are presented. Suggestions are given for building skills in estimating lengths, guessing how many, recognizing patterns in counting, multiplying with "waffles," classifying by attributes, and adding and subtracting with special cards, relays, and play…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Games
Peer reviewedYates, Daniel S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
An activity similar to magic squares is described. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedCaldwell, Janet – Mathematics Teacher, 1978
An activity that offers computational practice, pattern recognition, and the formulation of generalizations is described. (JT)
Descriptors: Addition, Enrichment Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Katie T.; White, David L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1985
Simple patterns both in mathematics and music are discussed. Several activities using standard instruments and handmade devices are described. (MNS)
Descriptors: Fractions, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedDockweiler, Clarence J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Several experiences with palindrome numbers are given, each leading to the "Law of 11." Conjectures for the reader to consider are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Intermediate Grades, Mathematical Enrichment
Peer reviewedPauker, Andy – Mathematics Teacher, 1979
Tree diagrams with numbers in a given pattern generate questions related to pattern recognition and number concepts such as binary numbers and exponentials. (MP)
Descriptors: Instruction, Integers, Learning Activities, Number Concepts
Cohen, Don – Mathematics Teaching, 1976
Upper elementary school students created their own algorithms for finding products of whole numbers. The algorithms were similar to familiar ones for finding products involving 9 and 11. (SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedOrton, Tony; Reynolds, Charles – Mathematics in School, 1986
Advocated is developing intuitive ideas of limits whenever the opportunity arises in elementary mathematics. Examples are given for geometry, fractions, sequences and series, areas, probability, graphing, and the golden section. (MNS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedMaxfield, Margaret W. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1976
Activities involving estimation of the number of objects in a configuration can motivate students to consider parametric models. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedHartman, Janet – Mathematics Teacher, 1976
Three worksheets for use in studying triangular, square, and pentagonal numbers are presented. (SD)
Descriptors: Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedMacDonald, Theodore H. – Mathematics in School, 1975
Activity questions based on the prime factorization of numbers can be answered by reference to the lattice structure of factors. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
