This booklet is a collection of activities and games designed to supplement textbook and other instructional materials in an elementary school mathematics program. The selected activities propose to stimulate learning and enhance attitudes. Some provide practice with number facts; others explore various topics such as probability. The emphasis is…

This workbook for children was prepared especially to accompany the level 1 Micronesian Mathematics Program Teacher's Guide. It is to be used to check whether children have learned concepts taught by activities and activity cards. Work is provided for such concepts as color recognition, categorizing, counting, ordering, numeration, contrasting,…

This study investigates effects of different instructional methods on positional numeration systems. It involved prospective elementary teachers and assessed (1) understanding, (2) performance, and (3) transference of numeration concepts. The effects were measured by the Test On Numeration Systems (TONS). During each of two semesters, three…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether children could learn a new concept using only a textbook for guidance. A sample of all 639 sixth grade students in one school district was randomly broken down into four treatment groups. The first group received one class period of instruction from their teacher on the addition of one place…

Algebra I students were assigned to matched pairs according to scores on mathematical and verbal aptitude tests (high-math, Low-verbal; high-math, high-verbal; High-verbal, low-math; low-verbal, Low-math), then received programmed learning tasks designed to teach summing of series. Either learner was given the correct formula in both verbal and…

A method for reading Piaget is presented in this guide, written for practicing teachers who want better understanding of Piaget's writings. An account of a Piagetian experiment is given, followed by a discussion of its theoretical and practical implications. Eight topics are explored: number, measurement, knots, perspectives, coordinates, floating…

This curriculum guide outlines the mathematical content which whould be presented in grades 6, 7, and 8 - the new middle school organization. It is the result of a study made by a committee of principals and teachers of the needs and characteristics of adolescents. The following are included for each of the content areas: (1) topics which may be…

The concepts "more" and "less" were analyzed into two meaning dimensions, "existence" (derived from children's early language) and "quantity," which were hypothesized to be developmentally related to acts of addition and subtraction. Two experiments tested two- and three-year-olds' comprehension of these concepts when initially equal or unequal…

The coding system used to classify items in the Instructional Program Planning and Evaluation System (IPPES) Master Objectives Bank is explained. Sixty-seven topics in mathematics to be covered in grades kindergarten through six are specified; objectives are listed under these topics along with their code numbers. (For a listing by grade level,…

The coding system used to classify items in the Instructional Program Planning and Evaluation System (IPPES) Master Objectives Bank is explained. Objectives for 67 topics in mathematics are organized by grade level for each of the grades from kindergarten through six, and their code numbers are specified. (For a listing of objectives by topic, see…

Listed are behavioral objectives for 86 topics in mathematics to be covered in grades seven through nine. For each topic a general objective is given and is followed by a list of specific objectives. Areas covered include number operations, geometry, number systems, set theory, and algebra. This work was prepared under an ESEA Title III contract.…

This booklet develops the theme that young children best learn mathematics through exploration of their environment. Several activities designed to promote the learning of concepts about space, numbers, and measurement are illustrated. Also discussed is the role of the teacher in sequencing instruction, selecting materials, and maintaining the…

This workbook for elementary teachers presents basic definitions and examples in the areas of set theory, numeration systems, fundamental operations and geometry. Text organization does not use programming frames. Answers to examples are included in a separate section. (DT)

Unit 17 in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics: number systems, coordinate geometry in the plane, the function concept and the linear function, quadratic functions and equations, complex number systems, equations of the first and second degree in two variables, systems of equations in two…

Several classroom activities using sugar cubes, file cards, and other readily available objects are described. The author argues that use of such games can be used to foster mathematical creativity while strengthening computational skills. (SD)