Delta-K Volume 18 Issue 1

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 18 Issue 1, September 1978

Welcome back to school: Are you in need of some inspiration and/or fresh ideas? Hear what Dr. Jesse Rudnick, NCTM director and professor at Temple University, Philadelphia, has to offer in this realm. He will speak on “Beyond the Skills and Concepts” in a keynote address at our annual meeting, October 13/14, at the Capri Motor Hotel in Red Deer. Then, on Saturday, he will join Bob Robinson, NCTM Council of Affiliated Groups representative for Canada, and several outstanding Albertans in 12 sessions and 12 workshops.

Our luncheon speaker, Richard Guy, professor at the University of Calgary, is taking on “Numbers and Games.” Can you include games to help develop skills, concepts and application? Let professor Guy assist you in adding games to your repertoire of techniques for improving learning, no matter what level you are teaching from K to 12.

At the business session, be prepared to make known your suggestions for ways we can improve existing services, and your ideas for new activities and services that we may be overlooking at present.

On Saturday morning we are having a buffet breakfast. In order to attend it will be necessary to get your ticket Friday night at the registration desk. The cost will be $4.95.

Remember we are planning a joint “name-of-site” meeting with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for 1979. Details will be announced as plans progress through the coming year.

Ed Carriger

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Front Matter

The Editor’s Page

Ed Carriger

Junior High Mathematics Contests

Ed Carriger

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Activities on the Absolute Value Table

Bonnie H. Litwiller and David R. Duncan

Report on NCTM Conference in San Diego, April 12-16, 1978

A. O. Jorgensen