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Peer reviewedCorbitt, Mary Kay – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
Attitudes of 50 eighth-grade students are reported as gleaned from written instruments and comments made during individual interviews. The importance of mathematics, reasons why they liked or disliked mathematics, and their rating of topics are included. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 8, Language Role, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedMartin, Hope – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
The corporation is owned and operated by a group of about 45 eighth graders, who make all the executive decisions concerning the sale of hot dogs and other foods at sporting events in the school. (MNS)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications
Peer reviewedHumphries, Casey – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
A collection of learning activities viewed as challenging and suitable for junior high students in grades 7 and 8 are presented. The questions are designed to suggest other situations and encourage mathematically gifted pupils to develop, practice, and refine analytical thinking skills. (MP)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted, Grade 7, Grade 8
Peer reviewedFlanders, James R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Mathematics textbooks for grades K-9 were examined to determine how much of content was new content rather than review of old content. New content tends to decrease from grade three through grade eight with lowest amount of new content in books for grades six, seven, and eight (below 40 percent for two series). Differences among series are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 7, Grade 8
Peer reviewedCooke, Marcia B. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Discusses a method of teaching the multiplication of integers to eighth-grade students that utilizes videotape recordings to represent positive and negative rates. Videotapes of students walking forward and backward in the play and rewind modes illustrate that the product of two negatives is positive. (MDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Distance, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Peer reviewedMiller, Diane – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Focuses on the language used in mathematics instruction and the ways in which teachers assist students in constructing the formal language of mathematics. Strategies to help students connect vocabulary with mathematical concepts include using teacher modeling, writing, cooperative learning, and having students define words in their own language.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Definitions
Peer reviewedMcKnight, Curtis C.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Information is provided on results from the Second International Mathematics Study conducted in 1981-82 in 236 eighth-grade classrooms in the United States. Content taught, teacher characteristics, types of instruction, attitudes, knowledge, and comparisons with students in other countries are discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedClark, John L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
In 1987, Toronto Board of Education mandated the development of standards, called "benchmarks," for students' achievement in mathematics and language at the end of grades 3, 6, 8, and 10. The development and testing of benchmarks stressing higher-order thinking, problem solving, and the use of experiential approaches and manipulative…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
