School Science and Mathematics articles from April 2002

School Science and Mathematics archives from April 2002

Sprezzatura. (Editorial).(making the complicated appear easy)(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... About two decades ago, while attempting to develop tools for the assessment of effective teaching, Lee Shulman noted that the importance of subject matter knowledge had mysteriously disappeared from discussions of expert teaching. Somehow...

Teaching and learning number sense: one successful process-oriented activity with sixth grade students in Taiwan.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The aim of this article was to (a) describe how a teacher helped his students develop fractional number sense through a process-oriented activity, and (b) illustrate how a teacher included a worthwhile, interesting and challenging mathematics...

Aligning general chemistry laboratory with lecture at a large university.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The laboratory and lecture components of general chemistry are commonly offered as two separate courses, with lecture typically meeting two or three times per week and laboratory scheduled to meet only once per week. The concepts, content, and...

Preservice elementary teachers' use of mathematics in a project-based science approach.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The use of a project-based science (PBS) approach to teaching encourages students to integrate mathematics and science in meaningful ways as they create projects. As a beginning study of how students use mathematics in such an approach, an...

The role knowledge frameworks play in the ability of preservice elementary teachers to explain the operation of a St. Louis motor.
April 1, 2002... Preservice elementary teachers (n = 30) described the operation of a St. Louis motor before and after studying a laboratory unit on magnetism and electricity. Knowledge frameworks were identified using the flow map method, and the data were...

Problems.(mathematical exercises)
April 1, 2002... This section of the Journal offers readers an opportunity to exchange interesting mathematical problems and solutions. Proposals are always welcomed. Please observe the following guidelines when submitting proposals or solutions: 1....