Miscue analysis patterns of second, fourth, and sixth grade students of high and low reading ability show that miscues acceptable in context increase by grade level and ability. (CJ)

Jerome B. Jones, superintendent in Providence (Rhode Island), explains why a return to K-8 grade organization may solve this city's declining enrollment and other educational problems. (JM)

Six activities useful in developing the idea of prime factorization are described. Some of these activities are best done with a calculator. (MK)

Five intuitive explanations of division by zero that arise from the common models used in the elementary school to introduce whole number division are presented. (MK)

Masters to be removed and copied are given. The worksheets are designed to reinforce computational skills and the concepts of largest or smallest numbers, as well as to provide practice is using a straightedge. (MK)

Suggestions are given for teaching function notation, fractional calculations on a calculator, division to relucant learners, and a probability problem. (MK)

Graphing activities appropriate for grade levels K-8 are outlined and worksheets given. Topics involved include classifying, bar graphs, remainders from a series of divisions, and the greatest common factor of two numbers. (MP)

Presents activities related to some obscure tests for divisibility, which teachers may wish to develop as illustrative examples in the classroom, or as extension activities for groups of students. Begins with an exploration of divisibility by three, then discusses application of the technique to other numbers, and for numbers written in other…

Explores the concept of partitive division in a 4th grade class. Uses students' concrete and pictorial representations to examine the mathematics in a story. (KHR)

This article highlights many of the components of the mathematics of division that should be integral to any curriculum and instructional practice for students with disabilities. It stresses that mathematics programs must assure students will attain high levels of competency in knowing about mathematics and in doing mathematics. (Contains…

Describes the development of American apportionments and investigates the mathematics used to determine apportionment. Provides a worksheet for further exploration. (KHR)

England's National Curriculum is felt to exhibit confusion about whether Level 1 is a grade or a stage and whether young disabled students begin at Level 1 or Level O. It is proposed that all children start school on Level 1; when they accomplish the statements of attainment, they have completed Level 1. (JDD)

A 1988 Johns Hopkins University survey of 1,753 principals from public schools serving seventh graders describes middle grade education in the United States. The 5 articles in this special section are intended to encourage discussion about ways to improve middle level educational practices and disclose new research directions. (MLH)

Examines the symbolic oppositions that structure the "Appeal," together with its strategy of crisis taken from Puritan jeremiads. Accounts for Chase's success in pulling together disparate forces of the free North. Explores events which laid the ground for the Republican party and civil war. (RAE)

Presents an award list, arranged by state, that presents titles of children's and young adult books that received awards during the past year. The name of the award, the appropriate ages and grade levels (where applicable), and the most recent bibliographic information available are provided for each title. (LRW)