A unit on the division of decimals by decimals that used electronic calculators as a teaching aid is described. The learning package created, the operation of the project, and several outcomes are presented. The results strongly indicated that mathematics can be taught using a calculator. (MP)

Pupil difficulty with understanding mathematical sentences is viewed as a problem with reading comprehension. Suggestions are made for ways to help children over the "missing-addend hurdle." The focus is on an educational game that has been used successfully to get students to focus on the meaning of mathematical sentences. (MP)

A subtraction algorithm that does not involve borrowing is presented and called the residue method. It has been taught in junior and senior high school classes and preservice and inservice classes for teachers. The method has helped in classes where arithmetic in other bases is presented. (MP)

Some insights are provided into techniques for removing the mystery of how calculators evaluate functions. (Author/MK)

An overview is provided of the current literature on mathematical learning of children with a learning disability. Mathematics for the population viewed is seen to mean mainly arithmetic. It is felt more research is clearly needed on teaching arithmetic to children with a learning disability. (MP)

Examines all 50 states' methods of funding public higher education, handling changing enrollments, and employing formulas to set budgets for higher education administration, instruction, libraries, student services, public safety, and facilities. Presents data on computational methods, base factors, cost categories, and numbers of formulas used…

Certain properties of lenses provide a physical model of the mathematical concepts of multiplication of integral numbers and of similarity transformations in geometry. Further, they can provide a realistic concrete representation for rules governing multiplication of signed numbers. Suggestions for problems and classroom demonstrations involving…

The use of graph paper to outline arrays of multidigit multiplication problems is promoted. (MP)

A mathematics course using programmable calculators, which was part of a summer enrichment program for upper elementary and junior high students, is described. (MK)

Two studies indicate that Oksapmin children progress from premediational to mediational phases in their use of body parts to compare and reproduce number and that this change generally occurs prior to the development of concepts of number conservation. A third study shows that this general change is manifested in culturally specific ways.…

A thirty-four item criterion referenced multiple choice mathematics placement examination was administered to 383 freshmen entering Chicago State University in the Fall, 1974. Each item of the test was constructed to measure a specific computational behavioral objective. The proportion of students demonstrating each desired behavior is reported.…

The article describes the Mental Mathematics System, a number of formulas designed to develop mathematical skills in elementary and junior high school gifted and talented students. Formulas are provided for multiplication. The formulas for mental mathematics are noted to promote student interest in the subject. (SBH)

Presents a discussion of the rethinking of the role of literacy in African nations. Emphasis is needed on measurement concepts for peasants. Cultural motivations are suggested as important considerations when planning literacy programs. (SA)

This paper elaborates on the work of Cardinet, and others, by clarifying some points regarding calculations, specifically with reference to existing computer programs, and by presenting illustrative examples of the calculation and interpretation of several generalizability coefficients from a complex six-facet (factor) design. (Author/RL)

Classroom games designed to develop mathematics skills in elementary school children are presented. These games involve personalizing metric measurement, telling time by television, creating an all-math newsletter, addition puzzles, subtraction games, division cards, multiplication, fractions, and measurement. (JD)