Intended for use in vocational high schools, the workbook is designed to help the student understand and develop skill in performing the four basic arithmetical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Also stressed is the correct reading and writing of numbers. The booklet consists of explanatory text, arithmetic problems,…

The workbook is intended to help the vocational high school student understand and gain competence in working with fractions. The exercises provide practice in reducing and changing fractions, multiplying, dividing, finding a least common denominator and equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting. The types of fractions are also defined. Quizzes…

For many students the present remedial mathematics curriculum is a collection of loosely related, very difficult to understand topics, and many, in consequence, lack the motivation to persist in remedial math courses. Most alternative instructional methods used in these courses fail to convey a sense of the underlying purpose of mathematics and…

This annotated bibliography contains 13 bibliographies; 53 teaching guides and other reference works; four professional journals; nine information sources (agencies and organizations) for teachers and administrators; eight tests; 53 student textbooks stressing oral and written communication; 31 textbooks or series on reading; two series for…

This publication is a followup report to Public Agenda's 1994 study on public-school education, entitled "First Things First." The publication reports findings of a 1995 study that investigated the public's perspective on school restructuring. Data were derived from a national telephone survey of 1,200 Americans, including 439 parents of children…

THE STATEWIDE PROJECT IS DIRECTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC IN THE PRIMARY GRADES. INVOLVED WILL BE BETTER TEACHER ORIENTATION, REORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL DAY, REDEPLOYMENT OF STAFF MEMBERS, REDESIGN OF THE CURRICULUM, USE OF TELEVISION, AND EVALUATIVE RESEARCH. A SUMMER READINESS PROGRAM FOR…

THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS PROVIDES ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT. THE TEACHER'S SECTION INCLUDES--SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE PUPIL MATERIALS, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORE ABLE LEARNER, A CHECK LIST FOR IDENTIFYING THE MORE ABLE LEARNER, AND AN ACTIVITIES CHART SHOWING THE OVERLAPPING USE OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES TO AID IN THE…

This study compared the effects of three different feedback formats provided to sixth grade mathematics students within a web-based online learning platform, ASSISTments. A sample of 196 students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) text-based feedback; (2) image-based feedback; and (3) correctness only feedback. Regardless of…

This brief report describes an exploratory pilot project in which sixth-grade students used hand-held calculators throughout the school year. The report includes guidelines on the purchase and use of calculators as well as advice on gaining community support for such a project. Issues related to classroom management are discussed; in particular,…

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section describes three programs in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) that have been developed by the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and have performed well with underachieving children. These programs are in elementary arithmetic, initial…

In early years' (primary grade) classrooms in Australia repeated patterns are commonly explored as an early introductory activity to mathematics. Most young students have an extensive knowledge of and exhibit success in copying, continuing, creating and transferring patterns into other media. By contrast, research indicates one of the most…

Forty-five abstracts represent projects prepared by faculty personnel from Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing (WCHEN) member schools who were participants in a short-term course, "Improving Instruction Through the Use of Selected Tools and Techniques." Programed instruction projects involve various clinical areas and deal with such…

The material reviewed in this edition is loosely divided into categories--process learning, educational environments, classroom materials, home learning, self discovery, and education and consciousness. As in previous editions of the catalog, education is defined in its broadest sense, so that the material reviewed is suitable for many age groups…

IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO FIND INTERESTING MATERIAL FOR REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS. STUDENTS OVER 14 YEARS OF AGE, BUT STILL IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, FOUND NEWSPAPERS TO CONTAIN INTERESTING AND PRACTICAL MATERIAL. BECAUSE OF THE GREAT VARIETY OF ARTICLES CONTAINED THEREIN, NEWSPAPERS ARE RELEVANT TO EVERY AREA OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM. THEY CAN BE…

Teaching ideas that focus on reading data generated by a computer, input media with emphasis on one type of punched card, flowcharting, and simple program writing to solve word problems are provided on worksheets designed for classroom use. (MP)