ERIC Number: ED209097
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 41
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Konsey Pou Kore Konesans Matematik. Ideas for Strengthening Mathematics Skills. Creole Edition.
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Bilingual Education.
Presented is an overview of some specific schemes that have been used successfully by teachers throughout New York State to strengthen basic mathematics skills. Components offer ideas that have been successful with primary, intermediate, and secondary students. The contents of this Creole language edition are identical to the English language and other foreign language editions. In addition to the Foreword, there are sections on: (1) Some Brief Observations About Strengthening Mathematics Skills; (2) The Balanced Mathematics Program; (3) "Par"--Puzzles+Arithmetic=Remediation; (4) Regrouping in Subtraction; (5) Money Games; (6) A Visual Sequence for Teaching Fractions; (7) A Space to Carry in Simple Addition and Multiplication Examples; (8) Grid Paper Computation; (9) The Need for Math Reading Skills; (10) A Structural Approach to Multiplication; (11) The Electronic Calculator in Remedial Mathematics; (12) Nature's Mathematics; and (13) Additional Teacher Designed Ideas. (MP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Basic Skills, Calculators, Computation, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Theories, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Materials, Remedial Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Motivation, Teacher Developed Materials, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: Haitian Creole
Sponsor: Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Bilingual Education.
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