School Science and Mathematics articles from March 2005

School Science and Mathematics archives from March 2005

(Un) covering curriculum.(Editorial)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... We teacher educators want teachers to think carefully and reflectively about objectives for instruction. After all, objectives are a statement of what teachers expect from students. But we can hear the collective groan around the country...

Enthusiasm is not enough: beginning secondary science teachers in primarily Hispanic settings.
March 1, 2005... This study explores the practices of three beginning secondary science teachers. The teachers were in their first year, worked with primarily Hispanic students in rural and urban schools, held undergraduate degrees in science, participated in...

Connecting science and mathematics instruction: pedagogical context knowledge for teachers.
March 1, 2005... Although the reform literature in mathematics and science is replete with calls for the integration of math and science, there remain precious few empirical studies examining the prerequisite skills, beliefs, knowledge bases, and experiences...

Using writing to access students' schemata knowledge for algebraic thinking.
March 1, 2005... This study explored the use of writing to help students' develop schemata knowledge for algebraic thinking. Eight seventh-grade pre-algebra students participated in a teaching experiment in which they solved algebraic problems related in...

How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning Author Sherman Stein McGraw-Hill Two Penn Plaza New York, NY 10121-2298 2001; 192 pp. Hardcover, $18.95 ISBN: 0-07-137339 In How the Other Half Thinks, Stein gives the...

Problems.
March 1, 2005... 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....