School Science and Mathematics articles from December 2008

School Science and Mathematics archives from December 2008

Promoting preservice elementary teachers' awareness of learning and teaching mathematics conceptually through KTEM.(Report)
December 1, 2008... In this article, we describe preservice elementary teachers' reactions to Liping Ma's (1999) book, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics (KTEM), from five universities. Ma's discussion of solely teaching elementary mathematics...

Introducing the emerging discipline of statistics education.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Increasing attention has been given over the last decade by the statistics, mathematics and science education communities to the development of statistical literacy and numeracy skills of all citizens and the enhancement of statistics education...

The effects of a teacher in-service on low-achieving grade 7 and 8 mathematics students.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Previous research (e.g., Woodward & Baxter, 1997)found that Standards-based mathematics teaching provides marginal or no benefits for low achievers, in contrast with positive effects for middle and high ability students. A randomized...

High-school students' approaches to solving algebra problems that are posed symbolically: results from an interview study.(Report)
December 1, 2008... A cross-curricular structured-probe task-based clinical interview study with 44 pairs of third year high-school mathematics students, most of whom were high achieving, was conducted to investigate their approaches to a variety of algebra...

Behind the masks: identifying students' competencies for learning mathematics and science in urban settings.(RESEARCH IN the classroom)(Report)
December 1, 2008... Three mathematics and science educators reexamine and reflect on their teaching within the context of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and National Council of Mathematics' call to make math and science education...

Three reviews: Awesome Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism; Weather Manta; and How Bright is Your Brain?(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Awesome Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism Author: Michael A. DiSpezio 1998; 160 pages Paperback; $7.95 Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Weather Mania Author:...

Problems section.(mathematics problems)
December 1, 2008... This section of the Journal offers readers an opportunity to exchange interesting mathematical problems and solutions. Please send them to: Ted Eisenberg, Department of Mathematics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel; or fax to:...