Describes the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics project to generate a set of "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics." Includes discussion of general themes and highlights from standards for K-4, 5-9, 9-12, and evaluation. (PK)

Discusses the potential impact of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics on teacher education programs. Considers an historical perspective on reform as well as teacher and student conceptions. (PK)

Presents activities where students visualize three dimensional figures, construct tables, discover patterns in the tables, and use the patterns to make predictions. (PK)

Argues that students should have dynamic perceptual experience with the concepts central to circular functions. Includes a computer program, designed for Apple II, to provide such experience. (PK)

Describes a remedial college course in intermediate algebra designed to improve student success rate. Suggests that the course was easy and inexpensive to implement and required a minimum of reorganization. (PK)

Describes a model for adapting the construction of teacher-made mathematics tests for mildly handicapped students including the educable mentally retarded, the emotionally handicapped, and the learning disabled, to the mainstreamed classroom. (PK)

Provides a thorough review of the software package "MathType, Mathematical Equation Editor." Includes hardware specifications, a description of the program, and evaluative comments. (PK)

The development of the new mathematics curriculum of the late 1950s is examined in light of current calls for changes in the instructional program. Thoughtful, imaginative reform that offers radically new models of approach to teaching mathematics is called for. (MP)

Interesting mathematical questions that require computations involving fractions, percentages, and decimals are presented. The material is designed for students in the middle school grades, but many of the ideas could be used with higher or lower level pupils. (MP)

Three teaching ideas are presented: a way to solve problems based on the attitude to the hypotenuse in a right triangle, some interesting applications of percentages in determining pay raises, and a flowchart guide for reducing polynomials. (MP)

Activities geared to reinforcing the skills involved in solving linear equations are given. The material is prepared on worksheets designed for duplication. Student use of calculators is suggested, and the material can aid in promoting mental computation and estimation. (MP)

The need for students of engineering to acquire the rational, methodical approaches identified with the "mathematical way of thinking" is discussed. The skill areas in mathematics most critical to engineering majors are pointed out, with proper shaping of student attitudes seen as an important role secondary school mathematics must play. (MP)

The use of a computer program written in BASIC to help prove a theorem in geometry is discussed. Ideas used in this example could be applied to writing programs for other geometric proofs. (MP)

The objectives, content, and intent of an undergraduate mathematics course at the University of Northern California. The course focuses on gambling and bets, with the focus of ideas on probability, expected value, computers, and the mathematics of finance. (MP)

An unusual algorithm for approximating square roots is presented and investigated using techniques common in algebra. The material is presented as a tool to interest high school students in the logic behind mathematics. (MP)