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Download full textShoffner, Marie F.; Vacc, Nancy N. – 1999
The revised approach to teaching and learning math in the United States emphasizes the mental processes involved in doing math and focuses partly on children's prior knowledge, out-of-school experiences, and informal mathematics knowledge. This engaging approach can function to encourage children to select one of the mathematical sciences as an…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling Objectives, Educational Counseling
Suydam, Marilyn N. – 1987
This "letter to teachers" suggests reasons teachers should be interested in research findings. Research findings in several areas are summarized and interpreted so that they are useful to teachers of elementary school mathematics. Among the areas that are highlighted are: (1) time allocation; (2) low achievement; (3) active teaching; (4)…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
