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Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1975
Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from seven journals, two books, and a technical report. The majority of the articles reviewed in this volume concern reasoning abilities and mathematical concepts. Logical inference is the subject of four of the studies…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Logic
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1975
This journal issue is devoted to review and analysis of 15 reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). The reports reviewed concern achievement of students at various grade levels, nonintellective correlates of under- and overachievement, correlates of attitudes toward mathematics, teacher effectiveness,…
Descriptors: Ability, Abstracts, Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1975
Sixteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from five educational journals, four psychological journals, a mathematics journal, and a book of readings. Eight of the articles are related to logical thinking, inference, proof, and problem solving. Three reports deal with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Instruction, Learning
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1976
Seventeen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and critically analyzed. Seven of the reports deal with aspects of learning theories, four with topics in mathematics instruction (subtraction, problem solving, division by zero, and high school geometry), two with teacher effectiveness and competency, and four with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1976
Twenty research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Four of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, ten with topics in mathematics instruction (problem solving, number concepts, number operations, and logic), two with teacher education, two with textbook development, one with testing, and one with goals…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1976
Thirteen different research reports related to mathematics education, plus a set of five studies by one investigator and his associates, are abstracted and analyzed. The set of five studies is primarily concerned with how students deal with ratio. Of the other studies, one focuses on the longitudinal effects of inservice teacher training; five…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Calculators, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1975
Nineteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from 4 educational journals, 2 psychological journals, and a mathematics journal, and from technical reports issued by the University of Wisconsin's Research and Development Center. The research articles deal with…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Instruction, Learning, Mathematics Education
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Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1976
Eighteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and critically analyzed. Seven of the reports deal with general instructional concerns (feedback on homework, error patterns, teacher-student interaction, reading strategies, teacher effectiveness, school attendance, and learning environment), four with topics in mathematics…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Osborne, Alan R., Ed. – 1975
This volume contains a series of papers on algorithmic learning. Included are six reviews of research pertaining to various aspects of algorithmic learning, six reports of pilot experiments in this area, a theoretical discussion of "The Conditions for Algorithmic Imagination," and an annotated bibliography. All the papers assume a common…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Osborne, Alan R., Ed.; Bradbard, David A., Ed. – 1976
The general purposes of a model are discussed, then seven papers are presented which demonstrate several different facets of the problems associated with constructing and using models of mathematics learning. In the first paper, the task addressed concerns how to incorporate developmental psychology into perceptions of what is happening in the…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Learning