A teacher's daily record of activities and strategies for teaching arithmetic to a class of first grade students exclusively through the use of Cuisenaire rods is described. Worksheets and the mid-term test are included. A short evaluation of the results of the instructional method concludes the paper. (DT)

Activities for the development of the association of number value and symbols using wooden numerals and pages are described. (MN)

The author criticizes some highly publicized psychological research on the development of number concepts, arguing that the research was poorly executed and emotively reported. (SD)

Brief articles are included on dropping perpendiculars, working with rational exponents, and finding the square root with base 10 blocks. (MNS)

In one school, algorithmic development has been infused in the mathematics curriculum. An example of what occurs in mathematics classes since the teachers began using the computer is given, with two students' conjectures included as well as the algebraic justification. (MNS)

A "neat and general" divisibility algorithm for prime numbers is presented. Five illustrative examples are included. (MNS)

Interpretation of rational numbers as fractions, ratios, percentages, and quotients of integers are discussed. Then coding conventions are noted, and equivalence classes are described. Finally, density and order are discussed. (MNS)

A method is described for working multiplication problems by counting on fingers. (DT)

Over the past five years, Pesek (Simoneaux), Gray and Golding have been actively involved in the Louisiana Systemic Initiative Program (LaSIP) and the Louisiana Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers (LACEPT) grants through Southeastern Louisiana University. Through these grants teachers from the region are inserviced on…

The design of a computer program to efficiently generate prime numbers is discussed. Programs for many different brands of home computers are listed, with suggestions of ways the programs can be speeded up. It is noted everyone seems to have a favorite program, but that every program can be improved. (MP)

Part 2 considers the limit of a sequence and extends this to include ideas such as continuity, derivative, and integral. The discussion concludes with an example of a finite or "counted completely" set, the Fermat primes. (MK)

Learning activities are given for instruction in the skill of associating numbers with sets of dots, a skill intermediate between counting and higher number concepts. (MP)

Patterns generated by the set of natural or counting numbers are discussed. Included are quartic, odd, square, and triangular numbers. (MK)

Presents 12 problems for students to investigate the relationships involving properties of numbers by using BASIC language. (YP)

Discusses how to help children acquire mathematical concepts and teach for precise mathematical concepts. Describes four activities to reinforce the concepts introduced. (YP)