Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching articles from June 2006

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching archives from June 2006

Introducing molecular life science students to model building using computer simulations.
June 22, 2006... Computer simulations can facilitate the building of models of natural phenomena in research, such as in the molecular life sciences. In order to introduce molecular life science students to the use of computer simulations for model building, a...

Integrating technology to foster inquiry in an elementary science methods course: an action research study of one teacher educator's initiatives in a PT3 project.
June 22, 2006... Prospective teachers and teacher educators both confront practical and philosophical issues in attempting to integrate technology into their practice. This paper describes a case study of a science teacher educator, a novice in instructional...

Correlates of achievement with online and classroom-based MBL physics activities.
June 22, 2006... Students from five high schools participated in a 2 to 4-week microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) physics curriculum in two groups. One group completed the curriculum entirely online, and the other completed the same curriculum in a...

The effect of contextual pedagogical advisement and competition on middle-school students' attitude toward mathematics and mathematics instruction using a computer-based simulation game.
June 22, 2006... Many students enter mathematics courses with a poor attitude toward mathematics (Gal & Ginsburg, 1994), making attitude as important a consideration as achievement in mathematics (Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (CTGV), 1992;...

Exploring the relationship between modularization ability and performance in the C++ programming language: the case of novice programmers and expert programmers.
June 22, 2006... The primary purpose of the study was to determine if a treatment that concentrates on building programs from previously written modules can improve the decomposition processes of novice programmers in the C++ programming language and, hence,...