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PDF pending restorationHiggins, Jon L., Ed. – 1976
Abstracts of 28 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 54th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education are covered. Three reports concern the effects of differing presentations of mathematics, four are related…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Attitudes, Evaluation, Instruction
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
PDF pending restorationHiggins, Jon L., Ed. – 1975
This volume contains abstracts of 33 research papers presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Most papers concerned instructional strategies; fourteen were concerned with sequencing of instruction and/or hierarchical analysis of learning. Four papers dealt with strategies for reviewing and…
Descriptors: Deduction, Evaluation, Geometry, Instruction
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
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1973
Expanded abstracts and critical analyses are given for each of 14 research articles. Four articles involve variables affecting student achievement and attitudes; two each on teaching abstract concepts to young children, problem solving, conservation in young children, and children's understanding of logic and mathematical relations; one on…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Mathematics
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1980
Presented are abstracts of 14 research reports. Topics covered include: (1) the effects of games on mathematics skills and concepts; (2) the use of problem-solving heuristics in the playing of games involving mathematics; (3) sex differences in electing mathematics; (4) the origins of sex differences in high school mathematics achievement and…
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Games
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1981
Presented are abstracts of 18 research reports. Topics covered include: (1) The effect of a numeration learning hierarchy on mathematics attitudes in kindergarten children; (2) Children's acquisition and production of mathematical rules; (3) Preschoolers' abilities to recognize counting errors; (4) Young children's solution processes for verbal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1974
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,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1974
This document is a compilation of abstracts of 28 research papers presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The major portion of the reports concerned methods of instruction; nine were related to college mathematics, ten on secondary school mathematics, and two at the elementary school mathematics…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Evaluation, Geometry
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1976
Abstracts of 36 research reports are provided. The reports were prepared by investigators for presentation at the 55th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. A broad range of topics related to mathematics education is covered. Nine reports deal with problem solving, eight are concerned with instructional methods, five…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Geometry, Instruction
