This book introduces case studies in mathematics education that provide teachers with opportunities to look at someone else's teaching in an objective way and analyze their own teaching with a critical eye. In addition, this book addresses many of the topics considered the hardest to teach and learn, including place value, number sentences, basic…

Industrial arts may provide a meeting ground for persons looking for relevance, a way to fulfill individual needs, and a way to circumvent learning difficulties. (MS)

Study of causes of poor performance not correctable by training is an example of the non-training problems trainers were expected to solve. (Author/RK)

This article was a summary of presentations from the annual International Pupil Personnel Workers Convention, Maryland, 1972. Topics included were human relations, identification of learning problems, behavior change, disruptive children, coordination of community activities and behavior modification in the schools. (JC)

Reading instruction is excluded; a list of 44 references is appended. (SW)

Innovative methods forcapturing the attention of problem learners are described. (CK)

Fatuous "reasons and real reason are examined as they relate to curriculum and teaching. (Author)

Briefly discusses the complexity of the English tag question ( isn't he?" don't I?" etc.) and, in outlining a method for teaching this form, stresses above all the role of intonation patterns. (FB)

Describes a system of further structuring the discrete trial format, an approach that draws on operant conditioning principles to present standardized and consistent learning trials. A flow chart of the Standard Trial Progression and Reinforcement Hierarchy is included, and data collection approaches are suggested. (CL)

The predictive ability of 10 developmental variables measured at age five to predict academic achievement at the end of first grade was studied with 40 Head Start children. (Author)

The classroom teacher and the special education teacher should work together to provide individual instruction for the learning disabled student in the mainstreamed classroom. (CMJ)

Discusses a study in which 60 elementary school children were divided into groups on the basis of verbal-imagery learning style. Students were given information in pictorial and/or written form and then tested with regard to immediate questioned recall. Results are presented. (Author/DB)

Examines ERIC documents that discuss some of the writing problems of learning disabled students. Suggests classroom instructional strategies to help the learning disabled student best overcome his or her specific difficulty. (HTH)

Problems in modern math instruction for learning disabled students include language and vocabulary, a lack of appropriate emphasis on mastery, the use of set notation in the primary grades, inadequate teacher inservice education in modern math, and the elimination of parents as teaching partners. (CL)