Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics articles from January 2005

Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics archives from January 2005

Culture, communication, and mathematics learning: an introduction.
January 1, 2005... History is replete with politically and ideologically motivated resistance to change in teaching mathematics. In 415 AD, St. Cyril, Christian Patriarch of Alexandria ordered the assassination of the Greco-Egyptian mathematician Hypatia. She was...

Social constructivism in practice: case study of an elementary school's mathematics program.
January 1, 2005... Abstract This research investigated implications for the implementation of social constructivist epistemology on teaching/learning of mathematics in a K-4 public school with particular focus on African American fourth grade students. In...

Culture, social interaction, and mathematics learning.
January 1, 2005... Abstract The research report investigates connections between five 3rd garde students (one African American boy, one African American girl, one Caucasian girl, one Asian boy, and one Middle Eastern boy) belief, attitudes, and practices...

Passion for teaching/learning mathematics: a story of two fourth grade African American students.
January 1, 2005... Abstract The intent of this study was to investigate the experiences and reflections of two African American children, their teachers, and their parents about mathematics learning and what these experiences imply for educators as they...

The impact of a state mathematics test on the structure and culture of a K-4 school.
January 1, 2005... Abstract This study explored the impact of state mathematics testing on the structure and the culture of a K-4 school. We selected a school that was teaching students to the state mathematics test. Students at the school were doing well on...