One approach used to teach a group of six hard-of-hearing and deaf children to solve word problems in addition and subtraction at the first- and second-grade levels is described. (Author/MK)

Mathematical activities suitable for reproduction as worksheets are suggested. These activities are adaptations of the classic tower puzzle and are intended to help students discover patterns, make generalizations, and use the strategy of solving simpler problems in order to solve a more difficult one. (MK)

Students were administered either conditional syllogism, biconditional syllogism, or conditional and biconditional syllogism tests. Analyses confirmed a tendency towards biconditionality. With conditional syllogisms, results indicated variations across forms of both major and second premises and a reversed developmental trend on problems which…

The Student Problem Areas Survey was administered to Black and White students attending a predominantly White university and Black students attending a Black university. Data showed differences on specific problem areas but none between Blacks attending universities with different racial make-ups nor between groups on variables that suggest…

A study done with seventh and eighth graders to determine aspects of their knowledge about surface area and volume is described. Results indicate analogy in problem solving may be an appropriate strategy for seventh- and eighth-grade students. (MK)

How computer methods can be applied to an old problem and how computer efficiency affects the solution to that problem are illustrated. (MK)

A theory is proposed of the processes which enable a subject to learn while solving a problem. One subject's protocol--including 224 steps and taking 90 minutes--is described. Adequacy of the mechanisms is guaranteed by a computer simulation of the processes in an adaptive production system. (Author/GDC)

Focus is on a conceptualization of initial assessment and consultation, the problem-solving paradigm as a framework for guiding this activity, and a description of procedures and initial data from a demonstration program. (Author/DLS)

Changes in the elementary and junior high school mathematics curriculum that have occurred in the last 20 years and that may occur in the future are discussed. (MK)

Declining enrollment is emerging as a positive stimulus in motivating school personnel to discover innovative coping strategies. Two Illinois school districts have developed ways to adjust. (Author/MLF)

Two experiments demonstrated that third and sixth graders consistently selected certain strategies for solving old and new, empirical and value, contradictory information. Subjects were 320 children. (MP)

Pairs of elementary school children at different concept development levels were given problems to discuss, in order to examine the prediction, derived from the equilibration model, that when two children holding different beliefs must arrive at a consenus, the child possessing the higher level of cognitive development will prevail over the child…

Factors suggested as accounting for poor problem solving are inadequate programs for teaching problem solving, choice of operation, and the number of problems. (MP)

Four procedures used by children for deriving answers to unknown subtraction facts are described. They are counting forward, counting backward, derivation, and bridging. (MP)