Extracts from "Experimenting with Numbers" by Margaret Stern demonstrate the use of Stern Blocks to develop the conceptual base on which learning disabled students can build further mathematical skills. (DB)

Plastic Easter eggs are useful devices for teaching basic mathematics skills, from counting activities to graphing. Eggs are used to reinforce addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills; column addition, estimation, statistics, and other topics are introduced. Sample activities are described. (JL)

Computational algorithms from American textbooks copyrighted prior to 1900 are presented--some that convey the concept, some just for special cases, and some just for fun. Algorithms for each operation with whole numbers are presented and analyzed. (MNS)

Presents six mathematical problems (with answers) which focus on: (1) chess moves; (2) patterned numbers; (3) quadratics with rational roots; (4) number puzzles; (5) Euclidean geometry; and (6) Carrollian word puzzles. (JN)

Case studies describe the positive responses of two elementary learning disabled students involved in an experimental number fact program. The program emphasized development of strategies matched to individual learning needs in a nontraditional approach to the organization of addition facts. (Author/CL)

Speech-action coordination in 100 three and four year olds was measured according to a modified version of Wozniak's hammering-board task. Four instructional conditions (instructional, demonstration, vocalization, no vocalization) were presented in a numerical task ("Hit four times") and in two spatial tasks: three-color ("Hit red,…

A general method and a variant for divisibility are presented, with specific examples. (MNS)

Third- and fourth-grade students were introduced to palindromes (numbers that can be read the same both forward and backward). The types of problems that they generated, investigated, and solved are presented. (JN)

Some lesson ideas with magic squares are given. The parametric form of three-by-three and four-by-four squares are each discussed and a worksheet is included on doing and making magic squares. (MNS)

Fifteen trainable mentally retarded students (four-six years old) were generally capable of rule-governed and other counting skills, and some could mentally compare numbers and choose the larger. Some Ss demonstrated a basic form of problem solving: they used the addition identity and commutativity principles to shortcut computational effort.…

Relationships between both the elements and the overall characteristics of Pascal's triangle are explored. (DT)

A number problem is presented and analyzed. (DT)

When asked to report the first digit that comes to mind, a predominant number (28.4 percent) of the respondents choose 7. Three further experiments sought to establish whether this predominance is due to an automatic activation process or to a deliberate choice. (Editor)

This article formalizes activities using a pool table into a related mathematical system complete with definitions, axioms, and theorems. (DT)

An algorithm is given for computing the cube root of any real number on a calculator. (DT)