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Title: Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Advent of Awareness, Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Advent of Awareness
Identifier: e_mb_0004
Creator: University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (producer)
Contributor: Beberman, Max (instructor), Hendrix, Gertrude (content director), Orvedahl, Jesse (asst. content director), Sims, Byrl (film director), Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. (cooperation), Mark Anderson (narrator)
Dates: circa 1964-1965
Resource: Max Beberman film collection
Description: This film addresses the perception many instructors hold that if students cannot express the answer they do not know the answer. The narrator introduces Beberman's idea of the Advent of Awareness. He uses examples from previous films, as well as the training methods of seeing-eye guide dogs. Black and white picture with sound. Eastman Kodak edge code reads "triangle square," which correlates to 1964.

Title: Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Bound Variables: Matching Language with Awareness, Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Bound Variables: Matching Language with Awareness
Identifier: e_mb_0021
Creator: University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (producer)
Contributor: Beberman, Max (instructor), National Science Foundation (funding), U.S. Office of Education (funding), Hendrix, Gertrude (content director), Orvedahl, Jesse (asst. content director), Sims, Byrl (film director)
Dates: circa 1964-1965
Resource: Max Beberman film collection
Description: Mathematician Max Beberman teaches a class of instructors at the Mathematics Institute how to use language creatively to formulate generalizations. He discusses the use of open sentences to instruct both older and younger students. Black and white picture with sound. Eastman Kodak edge code reads "triangle square," which correlates to 1965.

Title: Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Numbers and Numerals Part 1, Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Numbers and Numerals Part 1
Identifier: e_mb_0046
Creator: University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (producer)
Contributor: Beberman, Max (instructor), Wills, Herbert (instructor), National Science Foundation (funding), U.S. Office of Education (funding), Hendrix, Gertrude (content director), Orvedahl, Jesse (asst. content director), Sims, Byrl (film director)
Dates: circa 1964-1965
Resource: Max Beberman film collection
Description: Mathematician Max Beberman teaches students from the Mathematics Institute the many ways beginning math students may misinterpret math problems. Instructor Herbert Wills initiates a 166-lesson course for secondary school students, using Beberman's methods, with a class on numbers and numerals. Black and white picture with sound. Eastman Kodak edge code reads "triangle, square" which correlates to 1964.

Title: Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Numbers and Numerals Part 2, Teaching High School Mathematics; First Course; Numbers and Numerals Part 2
Identifier: e_mb_0001
Creator: University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (producer)
Contributor: Beberman, Max (instructor), Wills, Herbert (instructor), National Science Foundation (funding), U.S. Office of Education (funding), Hendrix, Gertrude (content director), Orvedahl, Jesse (asst. content director), Sims, Byrl (film director)
Dates: circa 1965-1966
Resource: Max Beberman film collection
Description: Mathematician Max Beberman teaches students from the Mathematics Institute how to introduce the concept of symbols and abbreviations for numbers. Instructor Herbert Wills initiates a 166-lesson course for secondary school students, using Beberman's methods, with a class on numbers and numerals. Beberman elaborates on the lesson with examples of common mistakes pupils make when asked to name numbers and numerals and to use abbreviations and symbols for numerals in basic math lessons. Black and white picture with sound. Eastman Kodak edge code reads "square circle," which correlates to 1965.