School Science and Mathematics articles from October 2007

School Science and Mathematics archives from October 2007

How much technology is enough--or too much?(editorial)
October 1, 2007... The new school year is always an interesting, challenging, and refreshing time of the year. For those of us in education, it represents new students and colleagues, and fresh beginnings. For me, each new year is beginning to have another...

Technology as an innovation in science and mathematics teaching.(RESEARCH IN brief)
October 1, 2007... Will information technology change schools? Or perhaps a better question is "Can schools change to accommodate the promise of technology to change teaching and learning?" The successful implementation of an innovation--information...

The effects of self-regulation, motivation, anxiety, and attributions on mathematics achievement for fifth and sixth grade students.(Report)
October 1, 2007... For this quantitative study, a total of n = 761 students (58.1% female)from selected fifth- and sixth-grade mathematics classrooms in Alabama were surveyed in order to investigate the relationships between self-regulated learning, motivation,...

Pre-service teachers' beliefs about knowledge, mathematics, and science.(Report)
October 1, 2007... This study examines the beliefs of K-8 preservice teachers during a content methods course. The goals of this course included exposing the preservice teachers to student-centered instructional methods for math and science and encouraging the...

Understanding a teacher's reflections: a case study of a middle school mathematics teacher.(Case study)
October 1, 2007... The purpose of this research was to understand how one teacher reflected on different classroom situations and to understand whether the teacher's approach to these reflections changed over time. For the purposes of this study, we considered...

First-year secondary science teachers.(SHORT: reports)(Report)
October 1, 2007... Science teacher attrition is a topic of frequent discussion among teacher educators, administrators, university educators, and policy makers. While attrition could be described as leaving the workforce for any number of reasons (e.g.,...

Math Dictionary for Kids.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Math Dictionary for Kids Author: Theresa R. Fitzgerald Prufrock Press P.O. Box 8813 Waco, TX 76714-0333 2006:134 pages Price: $12.95 Distributive property? Formula for the perimeter of a circle? Definition of "transversal"? Some...

Motivating Elementary & Middle School Students with Selected Physical Science Activities.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Motivating Elementary & Middle School Students with Selected Physical Science Activities Author: S. Wali Abdi Pearson Custom Publishing 75 Arlington St., Suite 300 Boston, MA 02116 2005; 123 pages If you are a K-8 preservice or...

Problems section.
October 1, 2007... 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....