School Science and Mathematics articles from March 2009

School Science and Mathematics archives from March 2009

Effect of similarity-based guided discovery learning on conceptual performance.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Analogies are known to foster concept learning, whereas discovery learning is effective for transfer. By combining discovery learning and analogies or similarities of concepts, attractive new arrangements emerge, but do they maintain both...

Mix It Up: teachers' beliefs on mixing mathematics and science.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This paper defines correlation, describes the Mix It Up program, discusses the teachers' beliefs about the value of correlating mathematics and science prior to program participation, and identifies problems teachers associated with correlation...

Mathematics and science integration: models and characterizations.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The squeeze on instructional time and other factors increasingly leads educators to consider mathematics and science integration in an effort to be more efficient and effective. Unfortunately, the need for common understandings for what it...

Scientists' perspective on introducing authentic inquiry to high school teachers during an intensive three-week summer professional development experience.
March 1, 2009... The Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning was a National Science Foundation funded program to provide high-quality professional development for 7-12th grade science teachers. The subgroup on which this paper...

Undergraduate engineering majors' beliefs about mathematics.(SHORT reports)(Report)
March 1, 2009... This study examined the mathematics beliefs of college students in 10 undergraduate mathematics classes at a large engineering school in the Midwest. The beliefs of 254 engineering majors were measured by the Indiana Mathematics Belief Scales...

Inquiry in the Classroom: Realities and Opportunities.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Inquiry in the Classroom: Realities and Opportunities Editors: Eleanor Abrams, Sherry Southerland and Peggy Silva Information Age Publishing P.O. Box 79049 Charlotte, NC 28271 2007; 270 pages Paperback $39.99 ...

3-D Computer Graphics: A Mathematical Introduction with OpenGL.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... 3--D Computer Graphics: A Mathematical Introduction with OpenGL Author: Samuel R. Buss Cambridge University Press 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211 2003; 392 pages ISBN: 0 521 82103 7 This text has been...

Problems section.
March 1, 2009... 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, BeerSheva, Israel; or fax to:...