The purposes of this bulletin are to summarize selected ESEA Title III projects in elementary school mathematics; to draw implications from them for improving mathematics teaching and learning throughout the nation; and to provide assistance to local elementary school personnel involved in the teaching of elementary school mathematics, state and…

This guide is designed to aid the teacher in planning and teaching an eighth-grade mathematics course which should strengthen the student's understanding of the basic structure of mathematics through experience with and appreciation of abstract concepts. Thirteen units outlined are entitled: Numeration Systems; Natural Numbers and Zero; Integers;…

The purpose of this project was to relate mathematics studies to the students' natural enthusiasm for popular music and favorite performers. Learning modules rather than lesson plans were used as the teaching approach in the experimental music-mathematics classes. Stated objectives of the project were (1) to motivate students to learn to code and…

Included in this set of materials is a description of an instructional model for elementary school mathematics, a curriculum guide developed by the elementary school teachers of the California Area School District, scope and sequence guides, and a teachers manual. The instructional model includes the use of pretests, posttests, prerequisites and…

The purpose of this project was to raise the mathematics skills of 100 mathematically retarded students in grades one through eight by one year through the development of an inservice strategy prepared by four teacher specialists. Also used in the study was a control group of 100 students chosen from the median range of stanines on pretest scores…

Each of the 14 environment-related mathematics activities included in this publication by the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center includes objectives, materials needed, preparation, and activity description. Occasionally, variations and helpful hints are added. Because the student can gain experience to help him with the practical application of…

Described is a program designed to help elementary teachers of grades three through seven diagnose their students' mathematical competencies. This document is a package containing guides for a 14-day review of previous material for each grade level. Objectives and teaching strategies for daily lessons are detailed. Following the review, a…

A program of mathematics instruction for grade one is provided in this curriculum guide. The teaching goal of each lesson is stated in the Purpose section. Visual aids and manipulative materials useful in developing each lesson are suggested and additional teaching aids are listed. Suggestions for teaching the lessons are separated into three…

This report summarizes the first two years of study at the Elk Grove Training and Development Center. The initial program was designed to improve mathematics instruction through the use of a non-graded multi-media approach utilizing laboratory team teaching. Achievement test summaries indicate that K-5 students instructed in mathematics through…

This is a collection of the first 13 units (primary-intermediate levels) of materials designed for the Conceptually Oriented Mathematics Program (COMP). The program is intended to diagnose student difficulty, provide a prescriptive program of improvement, and meet individual needs through small-group instruction. Content has been organized into 11…

This is a collection of the last 12 units (intermediate-upper levels) of materials designed for the Conceptually Oriented Mathematics Program (COMP). The program is intended to diagnose student difficulty, provide a prescriptive program of improvement, and meet individual needs through small-group instruction. Content has been organized into 11…

The Mathematics Inquiry in the Conrad Area (MICA) Project had as its general focus the installation of a variety of teaching approaches, with emphases on open-ended units. The purpose was to give teachers exposure to the diversity of possible approaches, to use and test the effectiveness of the methods, and to familiarize other teachers with the…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," was begun in 1971 and serves 145 randomly selected students in grades four, five, six, and eight. The program has two main objectives: (1) participating students will achieve higher standardized test scores in language arts and mathematics than control students and (2)…

A complete mathematics testing program, involving diagnosis, prescription, and implementation, was developed by the Committee of Low-Achievers in Mathematics, Denver Area (COLAMDA), for use with low achievers in grades 7-12. A complete set of performance objectives serves as the course outline. Seventy-nine pretests and post-tests, covering whole…

This document contains the efforts of a group of teachers to develop curricular materials designed to correlate the subject matter of mathematics with that of a shop course in power mechanics. It is not an adaptation of traditional courses in mathematics, but an attempt to integrate the subject matter of mathematics into the concepts utilized in…