Selected Articles by Barbara Bernstein

“Advantages of Increasing the Role of Probability and Statistics in the Secondary Curriculum,” Journal of the Ontario Association for Mathematics Education, Vol. 14, No. 1, Sept. 1975, p. 25

"Car Games for Kids of All Ages," RV West, July 1995, p. 22.

“Cramming vs. Distributed Learning,” The High School Magazine, Published by National Association of Secondary School Principals, vol. 3, no. 3, March/April 1996. p. 61-62.

“Cross-Cultural Study of Sixth-Graders’ New Year’s Resolutions: Middle Class Versus Mennonite and Amish Youth,” Social Behavior and Personality Research, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1977 pp. 209-214.

"Equation Means Equal," Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 21, No. 8; Dec. 1974, pp. 697-698.

“Generational Conflict and the Family,” Adolescence, Vol. XIII, No. 52, Winter 1978, pp. 751-754.

“How Father Absence in the Home Affects the Mathematics Skills of Fifth Graders,” Family Therapy, Vol. III, No. 1, 1976, pp. 47-59.

"I Stood in Line for a Magnet School," Washington Post, April 17, 1988, p. C8.

“Individual Differences In Thought Processes and Their Relevance to Teaching Mathematics,” High School Journal, Vol. 58, No 5, Feb. 1975, pp. 195-200.

“Let’s Bring Back Red Ink,” Educating Our Children, Premier Issue 1996, p. 12.

"Let's Get Serious About Education," Contemporary Education, Winter 1996, pp. 107-108.

"Linguistic Analysis and Teachers' Consciousness Raising," Journal of Pragmatics, No. 44, Feb. 1977, pp. 25-26.

“Lunar Cars and Magic Words,” Allen Bernstein and Barbara Bernstein, Academic Information Service, Inc., 2025. See wiseoldowlbooks.com for details. (This funny story is about a scientist and subtly incorporates some very basic concepts in set theory. The video at the bottom of the first videos page on this website explains those concepts further.)

“Message and Meaning: The Third International Math and Science Study,” Educational Horizons, Vol. 76, No. 1, Fall, 1997, pp. 23-27.

“Monopoly With A Twist,” Games, written with Allen, Howard, David and Michael Bernstein, Vol. 27 No. 4, May 2003, pp. 65-67+.

"On the Road Games People Play,"  Campers Monthly, May 1995, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 59-63.

“Psychiatric Therapy Through the Creative Arts,” The Journal of Creative Behavior, Vol. 15, No. 3, Third Quarter 1981, pp. 183-188.

“Remedial Therapy for the Lost Art of Writing,” The English Journal, Vol. 66, No. 9, Dec. 1977, pp. 49-51.

“Sex and Academic Field in Relation to Birth Order and Achievement,” Psychological Reports, written with Dr. Jean Grambs, Vol. 39, No. 2, Oct. 1976, pp. 659-663. (Abstract)

"Teaching Students to Struggle," (Letter to the Editor regarding the TIMS Study on Education), The Washington Post, Sun. Feb. 2, 1997, p. C7.

"Teaching the Least Common Multiple," School Science and Mathematics, Vol. LXXCIII, No. 1, Jan. 1978, p. 44.

“The Effect of Circadian Rhythms and Personality on Mental Performance,” Journal of Society of Occupational Medicine,” (1977) vol. 27, pp. 34-36.

"With Repetition, Rhythm, and Rhyme, Classroom Drill Becomes Fun Time," Lutheran Education, Vol. III, No. 2, Nov-Dec. 1975, pp. 97+.