School Science and Mathematics articles from November 2005

School Science and Mathematics archives from November 2005

The role of agency in improving teaching and learning science in urban settings.(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... Change is a word that is often associated with urban science education in the media, public policy, and research. The "call" for change in urban education has many roots. Since Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s, increasing attention has...

"I am science and the world is mine": embodied practices as resources for empowerment.
November 1, 2005... Those who are most marginalized, both culturally and economically, in society are concentrated in the nation's largest urban centers and have the least opportunities to be successful in school science or to pursue higher education and career...

Practicing reform-based science curriculum in an urban classroom: a Hispanic elementary school teacher's thinking and decisions.
November 1, 2005... This study explores the thinking and decisions of Vera (pseudonym), a Hispanic elementary teacher, while she enacted a reform-based science curriculum in an urban school in the southern United States. Vera's thinking, decisions, experiences,...

Using prompted praxis to improve teacher professional development in culturally diverse schools.
November 1, 2005... Recent science and teacher education reports continue to stress the need for radical changes in the way teachers are prepared to teach science to diverse learners. In response, a three-year intervention project was developed to help teachers in...

Increasing student access to qualified science and mathematics teachers through an urban school-university partnership.(preparing teachers in science and mathematics to serve students)
November 1, 2005... Urban schools across the United States face a pervasive problem in their science and mathematics programs--a disproportionate number of the teachers in these classrooms are not certified, thus making them underqualified to teach these subject...

Using Probeware to improve students' graph interpretation abilities.(TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS)
November 1, 2005... One of the most important topics throughout all mathematics is that of functions and graphs (Confrey & Smith, 1991; Eisenberg, 1991; Selden & Selden, 1992). Leinhardt, Zaslavsky, and Stein (1990) pointed out that functions and graphs represent...

Problems.
November 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....