School Science and Mathematics articles from March 2004

School Science and Mathematics archives from March 2004

School and the world of work.(Editorial)(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... Mention the relationship between academic curricula and the workplace and you are likely to find science and mathematics educators markedly divided over the merits of aligning the requirements of school and work. There are those who sense that...

Language influence on children's cognitive number representation.
March 1, 2004... This study examined the effect of language on children's cognitive representation of number. The sample for the study consisted of 90 Arabic speaking children with a mean age of 80 months. Children were interviewed individually and asked to...

Students' perceptions of environmental-based inquiry experiences.
March 1, 2004... The purpose of this study was to investigate student perceptions of inquiry-based pedagogy within the context of learning about environmental concepts and issues. The study was descriptive in nature and employed a single group, pretest-posttest...

Indexing distributions of data: preservice teachers' notions of representativeness.
March 1, 2004... The purpose of the study was to identify strategies used by preservice elementary teachers to index distributions of data. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate whether representational form influenced the type of representative...

Mathematics and the Imagination.(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Author Edward Kasner and James Newman Dover Publications Inc. 31 East 2nd Street Mineola, New York, 11501 2001; 380pp. Paperback $12.95 ISBN 0-486-4170-4. Mathematics and the Imagination starts with one of the most believable reasons...

Problems.
March 1, 2004... 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....