Arithmetic Teacher articles from January 1994

Arithmetic Teacher archives from January 1994

Gender and mathematics contests. (One Point of View)
January 1, 1994... Mathematically able girls need to interact with their peers. Local, regional, state and provincial, and national contests in mathematics certainly generate enthusiasm for mathematics. Thousands of students are experiencing the excitement of...

Daily activities for data analysis.
January 1, 1994... Statistics, tables, charts, and graphs abound in our daily world. We see them in advertisements, in newspapers, and on televised weather forecasts. However, many students are not exposed in school to experiences using statistics and graphing. One...

Using manipulatives effectively: a drive down rounding road.
January 1, 1994... A critical component of the use of manipulatives is making sure that students make the connection between the conceptual work done with manipulatives and the procedural knowledge that such work is supposed to support (NCTM 1989). To make sure...

Ideas. (classroom activities for mathematics)
January 1, 1994... LEVELS K-3 MEASUREMENT SCAVENGER HUNT Background Young students can gain valuable experience using such fundamental measurement units as centimeters, meters, and grams, as well as nonstandard units, during a short walk near their school....

Pic-jour math: pictorial journal writing in mathematics.
January 1, 1994... Come every fall, teachers of mathematics are confronted with oversized classes filled with students who vary in both their learning style and their way of communicating what they have learned. Teachers are challenged to recognize and exploit...

Place value and addition and subtraction.
January 1, 1994... Marcy and Angela were each solving the following problem in their second-grade classroom: The school cafeteria has 347 ice-cream bars in one box and 48 in another box. How many ice-cream bars does the cafeteria have in the two boxes? Both...

Mining mathematics on the Internet. (information access enhances mathematical instruction)
January 1, 1994... Throughout the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) the notion of students and teachers as critical thinkers, information seekers, and problem solvers is a priority. The Internet, an electronic highway connected...