The World's Largest Math Event 6 (WLME 6) is the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) celebration of mathematics and mathematics education and is the highlight of Mathematics Education Month. This year's event, slated for April 28, 2000, features the theme "Animals as Our Companions". This theme encourages students to…

This assessment sample provides information on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) for grade 10 mathematics. The sample consists of three items taken from the test booklet and scoring guides for the three items. The items assess geometric/spatial sense and measurement, patterns and relationships, and number sense. (MM)

This publication contains the conference proceedings of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER) mathematics seminar in 1998. Practical insights are offered into topics such as Maori students' participation and performance in mathematics, a conceptual development for multiplication using thinking strategies, practical processes…

There is a new wave going on in the Dutch Adult Education, similar to the ideas of Open Learning Centers in Further Education in Great Britain. The intention of this movement is to structure adult education in a way that it fits everyone. That means: more flexible programs, more individual education, more teacher independent learning, and more…

Using various aspects of mathematical structure as unifying concepts is stressed. Specific examples are given based on the concept of equivalent fractions and on the addition property of equality. (LS)

Suggestions for making number concepts and basic operations through counting with diagrams more meaningful are given. Discussions of specific instances with two children, ages 5 and 9, illustrate some ideas, inventions, and difficulties of children in this age range. (LS)

The observations of a five-year-old girl about the mutliplication tables are presented. The results are compared to structures in modern algebra. The incident is suggested as an example of Bruner's hypothesis: Any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. (LS)

The author suggests having students work on the related inequalities to given equations comparing and graphing the three solutions on the same number line. Using individual activity cards, the student picks replacements and computes, continuing this process until they can determine the complete solution. (LS)

This article displays the graphs of number patterns obtained by writing each number in the pattern as an ordered pair, plotting the ordered pairs, and joining consecutive points by straight lines. (DT)