Show maths author aids teachers teachers should spend more class time on an understanding tan 13 ing and concepts of arithmetic than on time consuming drills and processes dale carpenter told an in service institute for uintah and Du duchesne Duches chesno nc county school teachers teacher and administrators in duchesne recently mr mir carpenter author of an arithmetic textbook used in those districts is associated with the secondary system in los angeles at the institute he discus sed the development approach to arithmetic lie ile recommended that teachers interview and test each pupil on knowledge of arithmetic and background study to spot and help victims of 0 gaps in learning mathematics the textbook author emphasized pha sized the importance of step by step or sequence training lie ile advocated consistent instruction from tile the first through the twelfth gra des and stressed the necessity of having the language of arithmetic absolutely correct and consistent |