The material is designed for pupil practice in: (1) associating numerals with sets of objects and finding sums of two or three numbers; (2) subtracting, one- and two-digit numbers with some regrouping; (3) mental computation using the basic operations; and (4) using combinations of basic operations with whole numbers and decimals. (MP)

Ways to use styrofoam egg cartons and plastic eggs to enhance mathematics instruction are detailed. These materials are viewed as inexpensive, colorful, and easy to obtain. Suggestions for using them to teach concepts related to whole numbers and fractions are provided. (MP)

Four activities and four manipulative materials for teaching place value are discussed. (MP)

Student exploration at a secondary school level of fraction relationships using special graphs is described. (MP)

A program designed in the BASIC programing language to provide drill and practice with positive and negative numbers is presented. (MP)

Calculators that have the constant arithmetic feature are promoted, and examples of ways this feature can be used in lessons are presented. (MP)

In a three-year cumulative study, more than 1,000 children were observed either in randomly arranged preschool classrooms or in classrooms deliberately arranged to promote learning. Creativity, oral language use, and development of science and number concepts were significantly higher for children in the specially planned classrooms. (Author/SJL)

The author promotes an earlier introduction of decimals than is currently standard practice in most elementary mathematics programs. Suggested activities and related skills are reviewed. (MP)

Discussed is research which shows, in contrast to the dominant impression given by Piaget's work, that before the onset of schooling the young child possesses several kinds of fundamental "intuitions" concerning numbers. (Author/TG)

Three teaching ideas are discussed: the improvement of ditto reproduction, and exploration of congruent triangles, and an intuitive introduction to the concept of limit. (MP)

A lesson for secondary mathematics pupils on prime numbers designed to capture student interest is presented. The emphasis is on developing lessons that act as motivating forces in the classroom. (MP)

Two posters that can be used to provide experience in recognizing patterns in sequences of numbers are provided. Suggested number sequences for different grade levels are given. (MK)

Concludes that, of several reading readiness factors, knowledge of alphabet letter names is the best predictor of phonics skills other than vowel recognition and of reading abilities involving words in insolation, and that number knowledge is the best predictor of reading abilities involving words and syntax. (FL)

First- and second-grade students given instruction on length performed better on tests of seriation than students not given this instruction. (SD)

Organizing, storing, and using materials for classroom games are discussed. Materials and directions are listed for three strategy games, three whole number games, three fraction games, and three geometry games. (DT)