One goal of a mathematics education is that students make significant connections among different branches of mathematics. Connections--such as those between arithmetic and algebra, between two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometry, between compass-and-straight-edge constructions and transformations, and between calculus and analytic…

Encouraging students to reason with quantitative relationships can help them develop, understand, and explore mathematical models of real-world phenomena. Through two examples--modeling the motion of a speeding car and the growth of a Jactus plant--this article describes how teachers can use six practical tips to help students develop quantitative…

In January 2006 the Billings (Montana) Public Schools adopted a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) intervention aimed at helping students recover credits that they had attempted but had not attained. The author volunteered to teach the algebra component in his high school. Through the following seven semesters, he came to better understand the…

Describes the Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics Education Project created to monitor the implementation of the NCTM Standards and monitor a broader program of research and development. Discusses key issues in mathematics reform and describes the methodology of the project. (Contains 10 references.) (MKR)

Procedures being used in an individualized approach to college mathematics instruction are described. Advantages and disadvantages of the independent-study approach are discussed. (DT)

A modern approach to the study of mathematical structure in the fifth class (grade eight) of French schools is described. Students make a number of experiments with various mathematical concepts in an attempt to discover interesting properties. (FL)

How the Minneapolis Public Schools have addressed equity issues of increasing female and minority participation in mathematics is described. The Minneapolis experience has shown that considerable progress can be made as a result of awareness of inequities and a belief that they can be reduced. (MP)

Details of an 18-lesson unit of instruction that has been used successfully with eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade classes are presented. Each lesson centers around individual computer programs written in Applesoft BASIC. Copies of two programs are provided, and ways to acquire the other 16 are noted. (MP)

The probability and statistics portion of an optional comprehensive mathematics sequence offered at the secondary level in New York public schools is presented. (MP)

The objectives, content, and intent of an undergraduate mathematics course at the University of Northern California. The course focuses on gambling and bets, with the focus of ideas on probability, expected value, computers, and the mathematics of finance. (MP)

A program for regular testing of mathematical skills that provides information and counseling to students as well as necessary study programs for students in need of improvement is described. (JT)

A description is given of a program for providing computer services to secondary schools throughout the Province of Manitoba. (MP)

A program involving the use of calculators for an eighth-grade class is described. Guidelines to assist those in the process of initiating a program involving the use of calculators are included. (MN)

The characteristics, procedures and policies at Upper St. Clair High School that led to the initial investment, eventual purchase, and continual expansion of a computer system up to the present are reviewed. (MN)